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Neuroscience Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive
Atlanta, GA. 30310
Ernest C. Steele, Jr., Ph.D. 

 

 

Recent Publications

Steele EC Jr, Chen X, Iuvone PM, MacLeish PR.(2005) Imaging of Ca2+ dynamics within the presynaptic terminals of salamander rod photoreceptors. J. Neurophysiol. 94:4544-53. Epub 2005 Aug 17. http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/94/6/4544

Steele EC Jr., Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2005) Fluoxetine inhibits Ca2+-activated currents of salamander photoreceptor somata and presynaptic terminals via modulation of intracellular Ca2+ dynamics. Mol. Vis. 11:1200-1210 <http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v11/a137/>.
http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v11/a137/

Steele Jr EC, Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2001) Simultaneous electrical and optical recordings of salamander rods reveal dynamic interplay between ICl(Ca) and free calcium levels [ARVO Abstract] Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 42(4):S119 Abstract nr 643. Presented at 2001 ARVO Annual Meeting.

MacLeish PR, Chen X, and Steele E (2001) Fluoxetine suppresses the rise in intracellular levels of calcium and blocks IK(Ca) and ICl(Ca) in the salamander rod [ARVO Abstract] Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 42(4):S119 Abstract nr 642. Presented at 2001 ARVO Annual Meeting.

Steele Jr EC, Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2001) Compartmentalization of ionic currents and associated calcium-mediated regulatory mechanisms in salamander rod photoreceptors. Presented at Inaugural Conference of Specialized Centers in Neuroscience.

Steele Jr EC, Chen X, and MacLeish PR (2002) Ca2+ channel alpha1C subunit specifically expressed in bipolar cells of retina in higher vertebrates [ARVO Abstract]. To be presented at 2002 ARVO Annual Meeting. Church RL, Wang JH, and Steele E (1995) Human lens intrinsic membrane protein MP70 (Cx50): Clonal analysis and chromosome mapping, Curr. Eye Res. 14:215-221.

Xiao X, Chen X, Moring A, Calin-Jageman I, Lee A, and Steele E (2005) Expression profiling of the L-type calcium channel Ca v1.3 in the mammalian retina. Presented at 2005 5 th Annual Conference of Specialized Centers in Neuroscience.

E.C. Steele, H. Xiao, X. Chen, A.G. Moring, I. Calin-Jageman, A. Lee. EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL 1D SUBUNIT (CA V1.3) IN THE MOUSE RETINA Program No. 845.11. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online. Presented at 2005 SFN Annual Meeting.

 

Selected Previous Publications

Steele Jr EC, Wang, JH, Lo WK, Saperstein DA, Li XL, and Church RL (2000), Lim2 transgenic mice establish a causative relationship between the mutation identified in the Lim2 gene and cataractogenesis in the To3 mouse mutant, Mol. Vis. 6:85-94, http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v6/a12/.

Steele Jr EC, Lyon MF, Favor J, Guillot PV, Boyd Y, and Church RL (1998) A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract, Curr. Eye Res. 17:883-889.

Steele EC, Lyon MF, Glenister PH, Guillot PV, and Church RL (1998) Identification of a mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene of the No2 cataractous mouse mutant. In Gap Junctions (Ed. Werner, R). Pp. 289-293. ISO Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Steele Jr EC, Kerscher S, Lyon MF, Glenister PH, Favor J, Wang JH, and Church RL (1997) Identification of a mutation in the MP19 gene, Lim2, in the cataractous mouse mutant, To3, Mol. Vis. 3:5, http://www.emory.edu/molvis/v3/steele.

Elsas LJ, Langley S, Steele E, Evinger J, Fridovich-Keil JL, Brown A, Singh R, Fernhoff P, Hjelm LN, and Dembure PP (1995) Galactosemia: A strategy to identify new biochemical phenotypes abd molecular genotypes, Am. J. Hum. Genet. 56:630-639.