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Angeles B Ribera

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-PHYS General Operations
Phone303/724-4517
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    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
    DepartmentSOM-PHYS General Operations


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    R01NS086839     (RIBERA, ANGELES)Feb 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 2020
    NIH
    Neuronal Transdifferention in vivo: Mechanism and Potential
    Role: Principal Investigator
    P30NS048154     (RIBERA, ANGELES)Apr 1, 2004 - Dec 31, 2020
    NIH
    Rocky Mountain Neurological Disorders Core Center
    Role: Principal Investigator
    P30     (RIBERA, ANGELES)Apr 1, 2004 - Dec 31, 2019
    NIH
    Rocky Mountain Neurological Disorders Core Center-Administrative Core
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS038937     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Jul 1, 2000 - Jul 31, 2012
    NIH
    Neuronal Excitability in Wild Type and Mutant Zebrafish
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R03TW001314     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Jul 1, 2000 - Jun 30, 2005
    NIH
    ROLE OF SLO GENES &ION CHANNELS IN NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F06TW002233     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Mar 12, 1998
    NIH
    ION CHANNEL MUTATIONS AFFECTING EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K04NS001531     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Jul 20, 1991 - Jun 30, 1996
    NIH
    POTASSIUM CURRENTS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01NS025217     (RIBERA, ANGELES)Sep 25, 1987 - Apr 30, 2016
    NIH
    Molecular Analysis of K+ Currents in Developing Neurons
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R29NS025217     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Sep 25, 1987 - May 31, 1993
    NIH
    MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF K CURRENTS IN DEVELOPING NEURONS
    Role: Principal Investigator
    F32NS007768     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Nov 13, 1985
    NIH
    DEVELOPMENT OF NEUROMODULATION IN SENSORY NEURONS
    Role: Principal Investigator
    T32NS007083     (RIBERA, ANGELES B)Jul 1, 1979 - Jul 31, 2012
    NIH
    Advanced Training in Basic Neuroscience
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Russell K, Kearns CA, Walker MB, Knoeckel CS, Ribera AB, Doll CA, Appel B. Bdnf and Ntrk2 functions promote but are not essential for spinal cord myelination in larval zebrafish. Differentiation. 2025 Sep-Oct; 145:100896. PMID: 40674784.
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    2. Russell K, Kearns CA, Walker MB, Knoeckel CS, Ribera AB, Doll CA, Appel B. Bdnf-Ntrk2 Signaling Promotes but is not Essential for Spinal Cord Myelination in Larval Zebrafish. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 21. PMID: 40027741.
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    3. Levin M, Ribera AB. Editorial: Interplay Between Ion Channels, the Nervous System, and Embryonic Development. Front Mol Neurosci. 2021; 14:618815. PMID: 33841097.
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    4. Williams K, Ribera AB. Long-lived zebrafish Rohon-Beard cells. Dev Biol. 2020 08 01; 464(1):45-52. PMID: 32473165.
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    5. Tyagi S, Ribera AB, Bannister RA. Zebrafish as a Model System for the Study of Severe CaV2.1 (a1A) Channelopathies. Front Mol Neurosci. 2019; 12:329. PMID: 32116539.
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    6. Moreno RL, Williams K, Jones KL, Ribera AB. Investigation of Islet2a function in zebrafish embryos: Mutants and morphants differ in morphologic phenotypes and gene expression. PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0199233. PMID: 29927984.
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    7. Moreno RL, Josey M, Ribera AB. Zebrafish In Situ Spinal Cord Preparation for Electrophysiological Recordings from Spinal Sensory and Motor Neurons. J Vis Exp. 2017 04 18; (122). PMID: 28448016.
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    8. Carmean V, Yonkers MA, Tellez MB, Willer JR, Willer GB, Gregg RG, Geisler R, Neuhauss SC, Ribera AB. pigk Mutation underlies macho behavior and affects Rohon-Beard cell excitability. J Neurophysiol. 2015 Aug; 114(2):1146-57. PMID: 26133798.
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    9. Moreno RL, Ribera AB. Spinal neurons require Islet1 for subtype-specific differentiation of electrical excitability. Neural Dev. 2014 Aug 22; 9:19. PMID: 25149090.
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    10. Carlisle TC, Ribera AB. Connexin 35b expression in the spinal cord of Danio rerio embryos and larvae. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Mar; 522(4):861-75. PMID: 23939687.
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    11. Doganli C, Beck HC, Ribera AB, Oxvig C, Lykke-Hartmann K. a3Na+/K+-ATPase deficiency causes brain ventricle dilation and abrupt embryonic motility in zebrafish. J Biol Chem. 2013 Mar 29; 288(13):8862-74. PMID: 23400780.
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    12. Doganli C, Kjaer-Sorensen K, Knoeckel C, Beck HC, Nyengaard JR, Honoré B, Nissen P, Ribera A, Oxvig C, Lykke-Hartmann K. The a2Na+/K+-ATPase is critical for skeletal and heart muscle function in zebrafish. J Cell Sci. 2012 Dec 15; 125(Pt 24):6166-75. PMID: 23097043.
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    13. McKeown KA, Moreno R, Hall VL, Ribera AB, Downes GB. Disruption of Eaat2b, a glutamate transporter, results in abnormal motor behaviors in developing zebrafish. Dev Biol. 2012 Feb 15; 362(2):162-71. PMID: 22094018.
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    14. Wright MA, Ribera AB. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates non-cell-autonomous regulation of sensory neuron position and identity. J Neurosci. 2010 Oct 27; 30(43):14513-21. PMID: 20980609.
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    15. Wright MA, Mo W, Nicolson T, Ribera AB. In vivo evidence for transdifferentiation of peripheral neurons. Development. 2010 Sep; 137(18):3047-56. PMID: 20685733.
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    16. Moreno RL, Ribera AB. Developmental regulation of subtype-specific motor neuron excitability. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Jun; 1198:201-7. PMID: 20536935.
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    17. Carmean V, Ribera AB. Genetic Analysis of the Touch Response in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Int J Comp Psychol. 2010 Mar; 23(1):91. PMID: 26456999.
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    18. Moreno RL, Ribera AB. Zebrafish motor neuron subtypes differ electrically prior to axonal outgrowth. J Neurophysiol. 2009 Oct; 102(4):2477-84. PMID: 19692510.
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    19. Yonkers MA, Ribera AB. Molecular components underlying nongenomic thyroid hormone signaling in embryonic zebrafish neurons. Neural Dev. 2009 Jun 08; 4:20. PMID: 19505305.
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    20. Fein AJ, Wright MA, Slat EA, Ribera AB, Isom LL. scn1bb, a zebrafish ortholog of SCN1B expressed in excitable and nonexcitable cells, affects motor neuron axon morphology and touch sensitivity. J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 19; 28(47):12510-22. PMID: 19020043.
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    21. Gravagna NG, Knoeckel CS, Taylor AD, Hultgren BA, Ribera AB. Localization of Kv2.2 protein in Xenopus laevis embryos and tadpoles. J Comp Neurol. 2008 Oct 10; 510(5):508-24. PMID: 18680201.
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    22. Yonkers MA, Ribera AB. Sensory neuron sodium current requires nongenomic actions of thyroid hormone during development. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Nov; 100(5):2719-25. PMID: 18799597.
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    23. Pineda RH, Knoeckel CS, Taylor AD, Estrada-Bernal A, Ribera AB. Kv1 potassium channel complexes in vivo require Kvbeta2 subunits in dorsal spinal neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Oct; 100(4):2125-36. PMID: 18684900.
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    24. Pineda RH, Ribera AB. Dorsal-ventral gradient for neuronal plasticity in the embryonic spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2008 Apr 02; 28(14):3824-34. PMID: 18385340.
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    25. Pineda RH, Svoboda KR, Wright MA, Taylor AD, Novak AE, Gamse JT, Eisen JS, Ribera AB. Knockdown of Nav1.6a Na+ channels affects zebrafish motoneuron development. Development. 2006 Oct; 133(19):3827-36. PMID: 16943272.
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    26. Novak AE, Jost MC, Lu Y, Taylor AD, Zakon HH, Ribera AB. Gene duplications and evolution of vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels. J Mol Evol. 2006 Aug; 63(2):208-21. PMID: 16830092.
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    27. Novak AE, Taylor AD, Pineda RH, Lasda EL, Wright MA, Ribera AB. Embryonic and larval expression of zebrafish voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit genes. Dev Dyn. 2006 Jul; 235(7):1962-73. PMID: 16615064.
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    28. Pineda RH, Heiser RA, Ribera AB. Developmental, molecular, and genetic dissection of INa in vivo in embryonic zebrafish sensory neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Jun; 93(6):3582-93. PMID: 15673553.
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    29. Blaine JT, Taylor AD, Ribera AB. Carboxyl tail region of the Kv2.2 subunit mediates novel developmental regulation of channel density. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Dec; 92(6):3446-54. PMID: 15306626.
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    30. Kukuljan M, Taylor A, Chouinard H, Olguin P, Rojas CV, Ribera AB. Selective regulation of xSlo splice variants during Xenopus embryogenesis. J Neurophysiol. 2003 Nov; 90(5):3352-60. PMID: 12867527.
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    31. Novak AE, Ribera AB. Immunocytochemistry as a tool for zebrafish developmental neurobiology. Methods Cell Sci. 2003; 25(1-2):79-83. PMID: 14739591.
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    32. Lazaroff MA, Taylor AD, Ribera AB. In vivo analysis of Kvbeta2 function in Xenopus embryonic myocytes. J Physiol. 2002 Jun 15; 541(Pt 3):673-83. PMID: 12068032.
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    33. Svoboda KR, Linares AE, Ribera AB. Activity regulates programmed cell death of zebrafish Rohon-Beard neurons. Development. 2001 Sep; 128(18):3511-20. PMID: 11566856.
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    34. Blaine JT, Ribera AB. Kv2 channels form delayed-rectifier potassium channels in situ. J Neurosci. 2001 Mar 01; 21(5):1473-80. PMID: 11222637.
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    35. Nick TA, Ribera AB. Synaptic activity modulates presynaptic excitability. Nat Neurosci. 2000 Feb; 3(2):142-9. PMID: 10649569.
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    36. Lazaroff MA, Hofmann AD, Ribera AB. Xenopus embryonic spinal neurons express potassium channel Kvbeta subunits. J Neurosci. 1999 Dec 15; 19(24):10706-15. PMID: 10594054.
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    37. Ribera AB. Potassium currents in developing neurons. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1999 Apr 30; 868:399-405. PMID: 10414309.
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    38. Blaine JT, Ribera AB. Heteromultimeric potassium channels formed by members of the Kv2 subfamily. J Neurosci. 1998 Dec 01; 18(23):9585-93. PMID: 9822719.
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    39. Ribera AB, Nüsslein-Volhard C. Zebrafish touch-insensitive mutants reveal an essential role for the developmental regulation of sodium current. J Neurosci. 1998 Nov 15; 18(22):9181-91. PMID: 9801358.
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    40. Spitzer NC, Ribera AB. Development of electrical excitability in embryonic neurons: mechanisms and roles. J Neurobiol. 1998 Oct; 37(1):190-7. PMID: 9777741.
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    41. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Development of electrical excitability: mechanisms and roles. J Neurobiol. 1998 Oct; 37(1):1-2. PMID: 9777728.
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    42. Ribera AB. Ion channel activity drives ion channel expression. J Physiol. 1998 Sep 15; 511 ( Pt 3):645. PMID: 9714848.
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    43. Gurantz D, Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Temporal regulation of Shaker- and Shab-like potassium channel gene expression in single embryonic spinal neurons during K+ current development. J Neurosci. 1996 May 15; 16(10):3287-95. PMID: 8627366.
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    44. Burger C, Ribera AB. Xenopus spinal neurons express Kv2 potassium channel transcripts during embryonic development. J Neurosci. 1996 Feb 15; 16(4):1412-21. PMID: 8778292.
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    45. Ribera AB. Homogeneous development of electrical excitability via heterogeneous ion channel expression. J Neurosci. 1996 Feb 01; 16(3):1123-30. PMID: 8558241.
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    46. Ribera AB, Pacioretty LM, Taylor RS. Probing molecular identity of native single potassium channels by overexpression of dominant negative subunits. Neuropharmacology. 1996; 35(7):1007-16. PMID: 8938731.
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    47. Jones SM, Hofmann AD, Lieber JL, Ribera AB. Overexpression of potassium channel RNA: in vivo development rescues neurons from suppression of morphological differentiation in vitro. J Neurosci. 1995 Apr; 15(4):2867-74. PMID: 7722635.
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    48. Jones SM, Ribera AB. Overexpression of a potassium channel gene perturbs neural differentiation. J Neurosci. 1994 May; 14(5 Pt 1):2789-99. PMID: 8182440.
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    49. Ribera AB, Nguyen DA. Primary sensory neurons express a Shaker-like potassium channel gene. J Neurosci. 1993 Nov; 13(11):4988-96. PMID: 8229210.
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    50. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Developmental regulation of potassium channels and the impact on neuronal differentiation. Ion Channels. 1992; 3:1-38. PMID: 1421060.
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    51. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Differentiation of delayed rectifier potassium current in embryonic amphibian myocytes. Dev Biol. 1991 Mar; 144(1):119-28. PMID: 1995391.
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    52. Ribera AB. A potassium channel gene is expressed at neural induction. Neuron. 1990 Nov; 5(5):691-701. PMID: 2223094.
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    53. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Differentiation of IKA in amphibian spinal neurons. J Neurosci. 1990 Jun; 10(6):1886-91. PMID: 2355255.
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    54. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. A critical period of transcription required for differentiation of the action potential of spinal neurons. Neuron. 1989 Jan; 2(1):1055-62. PMID: 2483107.
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    55. O'Dowd DK, Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Development of voltage-dependent calcium, sodium, and potassium currents in Xenopus spinal neurons. J Neurosci. 1988 Mar; 8(3):792-805. PMID: 3346722.
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    56. Ribera AB, Spitzer NC. Both barium and calcium activate neuronal potassium currents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep; 84(18):6577-81. PMID: 2442762.
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    57. Changeux JP, Pinset C, Ribera AB. Effects of chlorpromazine and phencyclidine on mouse C2 acetylcholine receptor kinetics. J Physiol. 1986 Sep; 378:497-513. PMID: 2432254.
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