Publications
2025
2024
Preferential transport of synaptic vesicles across neuronal branches is regulated by the levels of the anterograde motor UNC-104/KIF1A in vivo.
Vasudevan, A., Ratnakaran, N., Murthy, K., Kumari, S., Hall, D. H., & Koushika, S. P. (2024). Preferential transport of synaptic vesicles across neuronal branches is regulated by the levels of the anterograde motor UNC-104/KIF1A in vivo.. Genetics, 227(1), iyae021. doi:10.1093/genetics/iyae021
Physical presence of chemical synapses is necessary for turning behavior of anterograde synaptic vesicles at the branch point of PLM neurons in <i>C. elegans</i>.
Vasudevan, A., & Koushika, S. P. (2024). Physical presence of chemical synapses is necessary for turning behavior of anterograde synaptic vesicles at the branch point of PLM neurons in <i>C. elegans</i>.. microPublication biology, 2024. doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001204
2023
Preferential transport of synaptic vesicles across neuronal branches is regulated by the levels of the anterograde motor UNC-104/KIF1A
First person – Amruta Vasudevan and Reshma Maiya
First person – Amruta Vasudevan and Reshma Maiya (2023). Journal of Cell Science, 136(12). doi:10.1242/jcs.261346
Transport of synaptic vesicles is modulated by vesicular reversals and stationary cargo clusters.
Vasudevan, A., Maiya, R., Venkatesh, K., Kumar, V., Sood, P., Murthy, K., . . . Menon, G. I. (2023). Transport of synaptic vesicles is modulated by vesicular reversals and stationary cargo clusters.. Journal of cell science, 136(12), jcs261223. doi:10.1242/jcs.261223
2022
Synaptic branch stability is mediated by non-enzymatic functions of MEC-17/αTAT1 and ATAT-2.
Teoh, J. -S., Vasudevan, A., Wang, W., Dhananjay, S., Chandhok, G., Pocock, R., . . . Neumann, B. (2022). Synaptic branch stability is mediated by non-enzymatic functions of MEC-17/αTAT1 and ATAT-2.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 14003. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18333-2
Molecular mechanisms governing axonal transport: a C. elegans perspective
Vasudevan, A., & Koushika, S. P. (2022). Molecular mechanisms governing axonal transport: a C. elegans perspective. In Nature's Gift to Neuroscience (pp. 64-79). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781003239758-11
2021
Cargo crowding, stationary clusters and dynamical reservoirs in axonal transport
Tracking Mitochondrial Density and Positioning along a Growing Neuronal Process in Individual <i>C. elegans</i> Neuron Using a Long-Term Growth and Imaging Microfluidic Device.
Mondal, S., Dubey, J., Awasthi, A., Sure, G. R., Vasudevan, A., & Koushika, S. P. (2021). Tracking Mitochondrial Density and Positioning along a Growing Neuronal Process in Individual <i>C. elegans</i> Neuron Using a Long-Term Growth and Imaging Microfluidic Device.. eNeuro, 8(4), ENEURO.0360-ENEU20.2021. doi:10.1523/eneuro.0360-20.2021
2020
Molecular mechanisms governing axonal transport: a <i>C. elegans</i> perspective.
Vasudevan, A., & Koushika, S. P. (2020). Molecular mechanisms governing axonal transport: a <i>C. elegans</i> perspective.. Journal of neurogenetics, 34(3-4), 282-297. doi:10.1080/01677063.2020.1823385
2018
The C-terminal of CASY-1/Calsyntenin regulates GABAergic synaptic transmission at the Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junction.
Thapliyal, S., Vasudevan, A., Dong, Y., Bai, J., Koushika, S. P., & Babu, K. (2018). The C-terminal of CASY-1/Calsyntenin regulates GABAergic synaptic transmission at the Caenorhabditis elegans neuromuscular junction.. PLoS genetics, 14(3), e1007263. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007263