Natasha Tirko

Director, Master of Biotechnology Degree Program; Associate Teaching Professor

Natasha Tirko

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS) modulates microglial activation following intracortical microelectrode implantation

Fan Li, Jazlyn Gallego, Natasha N. Tirko, Jenna Greaser, Derek Bashe, Rudra Patel, Eric Shaker, Grace E. Van Valkenburg, Alanoud S. Alsubhi, Steven Wellman, Vanshika Singh, Camila Garcia Padilla, Kyle W. Gheres, John I. Broussard, Roger Bagwell, Maureen Mulvihill, Takashi D.Y. Kozai, 2024, Nature Communications

Calmodulin shuttling mediates cytonuclear signaling to trigger experience-dependent transcription and memory

Samuel M. Cohen, Benjamin Suutari, Xingzhi He, Yang Wang, Sandrine Sanchez, Natasha N. Tirko, Nataniel J. Mandelberg, Caitlin Mullins, Guangjun Zhou, Shuqi Wang, Ilona Kats, Alejandro Salah, Richard W. Tsien, Huan Ma, 2018, Nature Communications

Oxytocin Transforms Firing Mode of CA2 Hippocampal Neurons

Natasha N. Tirko, Katherine W. Eyring, Ioana Carcea, Mariela Mitre, Moses V. Chao, Robert C. Froemke, Richard W. Tsien, 2018, Neuron on p. 593-608.e3

Aflibercept action in a rabbit model of chronic retinal neovascularization: Reversible inhibition of pathologic leakage with dose-dependent duration

Jingtai Cao, Thomas C. MacPherson, Bibiana V. Iglesias, Yang Liu, Natasha Tirko, George D. Yancopoulos, Stanley J. Wiegand, Carmelo Romano, 2018, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science on p. 1033-1044

cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II knockout mice exhibit working memory impairments, decreased repetitive behavior, and increased anxiety-like traits.

C Wincott, S Abera, S Vunck, Natasha Tirko, Y Choi, R Titcombe, S Antoine, D Tukey, L DeVito, F Hofmann, C Hoeffer, E Ziff, 2014, Neurobiology of learning and memory on p. 32-9

Ca<sub>V</sub>1.2 calcium channels: Just cut out to be regulated?

Rachel D. Groth, Natasha N. Tirko, Richard W. Tsien, 2014, Neuron on p. 939-940

Oxytocin enhances hippocampal spike transmission by modulating fast-spiking interneurons

Scott F. Owen, Sebnem N. Tuncdemir, Patrick L. Bader, Natasha N. Tirko, Gord Fishell, Richard W. Tsien, 2013, Nature on p. 458-462

Synaptic organization and plasticity in the auditory system of the deaf white cat

Michael Muniak, Catherine Connelly, Natasha Tirko, Jahn O'Neil, David Ryugo, 2013, on p. 83-128

Synaptic plasticity in the medial superior olive of hearing, deaf, and cochlear-implanted cats

Natasha N. Tirko, David K. Ryugo, 2012, Journal of Comparative Neurology on p. 2202-2217

Most-Cited Papers

Oxytocin Transforms Firing Mode of CA2 Hippocampal Neurons

Natasha N. Tirko, Katherine W. Eyring, Ioana Carcea, Mariela Mitre, Moses V. Chao, Robert C. Froemke, Richard W. Tsien, 2018, Neuron on p. 593-608.e3

Calmodulin shuttling mediates cytonuclear signaling to trigger experience-dependent transcription and memory

Samuel M. Cohen, Benjamin Suutari, Xingzhi He, Yang Wang, Sandrine Sanchez, Natasha N. Tirko, Nataniel J. Mandelberg, Caitlin Mullins, Guangjun Zhou, Shuqi Wang, Ilona Kats, Alejandro Salah, Richard W. Tsien, Huan Ma, 2018, Nature Communications

Aflibercept action in a rabbit model of chronic retinal neovascularization: Reversible inhibition of pathologic leakage with dose-dependent duration

Jingtai Cao, Thomas C. MacPherson, Bibiana V. Iglesias, Yang Liu, Natasha Tirko, George D. Yancopoulos, Stanley J. Wiegand, Carmelo Romano, 2018, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science on p. 1033-1044

Ca<sub>V</sub>1.2 calcium channels: Just cut out to be regulated?

Rachel D. Groth, Natasha N. Tirko, Richard W. Tsien, 2014, Neuron on p. 939-940

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation (LIPUS) modulates microglial activation following intracortical microelectrode implantation

Fan Li, Jazlyn Gallego, Natasha N. Tirko, Jenna Greaser, Derek Bashe, Rudra Patel, Eric Shaker, Grace E. Van Valkenburg, Alanoud S. Alsubhi, Steven Wellman, Vanshika Singh, Camila Garcia Padilla, Kyle W. Gheres, John I. Broussard, Roger Bagwell, Maureen Mulvihill, Takashi D.Y. Kozai, 2024, Nature Communications

cGMP-dependent protein kinase type II knockout mice exhibit working memory impairments, decreased repetitive behavior, and increased anxiety-like traits.

C Wincott, S Abera, S Vunck, Natasha Tirko, Y Choi, R Titcombe, S Antoine, D Tukey, L DeVito, F Hofmann, C Hoeffer, E Ziff, 2014, Neurobiology of learning and memory on p. 32-9