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Cantua, R., Mulligan, K. (2025) Are Bisphenol F and S Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodevelopment? A Review of their Developmental Neurotoxicity in Animal Models. NeuroToxicology (In Review)

Niosi, A., Võ, N. H., Sundaramurthy, P., Welch, C., Penn, A. , Yuldasheva, Y., Alfareh, A. , Rausch, K. , Amin-Rahbar, T. , Cavanaugh, J., Yadav, P., Peterson, S., Brown, R., Hu, A., Ardon-Castro, A., Nguyen, D., Crawford, R., Lee, W., Morris, E. J., Jensen, M. H., Mulligan, K. (2024). Kismet/CHD7/CHD8 affects gut microbiota, mechanics, and the gut-brain axis in Drosophila melanogaster. Biophysical journal, S0006-3495(24)00413-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.06.016

Fishburn JLA, Larson HL, Nguyen A, Welch CJ, Moore T, Penn A, Newman J, Mangino A, Widman E, Ghobashy R, Witherspoon J, Lee W, Mulligan KA. Bisphenol F affects neurodevelopmental gene expression, mushroom body development and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Neurotoxicol Teratol. (2024) March–April (102); 107331. doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2024.107331

Welch C, Johnson E, Tupikova A, Anderson J, Tinsley B, Newman J, Widman E, Alfareh A, Davis A, Rodriguez L, Visger C, Miller-Schulze JP, Lee W, Mulligan K. Bisphenol a affects neurodevelopmental gene expression, cognitive function, and neuromuscular synaptic morphology in Drosophila melanogaster. Neurotoxicology. (2022) Jan 15;89:67-78. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.01.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35041872.

Welch, C.; Mulligan, K. (2022) "Does Bisphenol A Confer Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders? What We’ve Learned from Developmental Neurotoxicity Studies in Animal Models." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022,23,2894. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijms23052894

U. Nguyen, B. Tinsley, Y. Sen, J. Stein, Y. Palacios, A. Ceballos, C. Welch, K. Nzenkue, A. Penn, L. Murphy, K. Leodones, J. Casiquin, I. Ivory, K. Ghenta, K. Danziger, E. Widman, J. Newman, M. Triplehorn, Z. Hindi, K. Mulligan. (2021) “Exposure to bisphenol A differentially impacts neurodevelopment and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster from distinct genetic backgrounds” NeuroToxicology, Volume 82, Pages 146-157,ISSN 0161-813X,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2020.12.007

Poston RG, Murphy LN, Rejepova A, Ghaninejad-Esfahani M, Joshua Segales J, Mulligan K, Saha RN (2020) “Specific ortho-hydroxylated brominated ethers inhibit neuronal MEK-ERK signaling and disrupt neurodevelopmental processes” J. Biol. Chem. jbc.RA119.011138. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA119.011138

Mulligan K and Cheyette B (2017) “Neurodevelopmental Perspectives on Wnt Signaling in Psychiatry.” Review. Mol Psych. Jan, 2:219–246

Mulligan K and Cheyette B (2016) Introduction to Wnt signaling. Inborn Errors of Development, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press

Martin PM, Stanley RE, Ross AP, Freitas AE, Moyer CE, Brumback AC, Iafrati J, Stapornwongkul KS, Dominguez S, Kivimae S, Mulligan K, Pirooznia M, McCombie WR, Potash JB, Zandi PP, Purcell SM, Sanders SJ, Zuo Y, Sohal VS, Cheyette BNR. (2016) “DIXDC1 contributes to psychiatric susceptibility by regulating dendritic spine and glutamatergic synapse density via GSK3 and Wnt/β-catenin signaling” Mol Psych, Oct 18. doi: 10.1038

Mulligan K and Cheyette B (2012) Wnt signaling in vertebrate neural development and function. J NeuroImmune Pharmacol. Dec; 7(4) 774-87

Mulligan K, Fuerer C, Ching W, Willert K, Fish M, Nusse R (2012) Secreted-Wingless interacting molecule (Swim) promotes long-range signaling by maintaining Wingless solubility. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Jan10;109(2):370-7

Nusse R, Fuerer C, Ching W, Harnish K*, Logan C, Zeng A, ten Berge D, Kalani Y. (2008) Wnt signaling and stem cell control. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. Nov (73) 59-66. Review (*Harnish is my maiden name)