Craig Lab

Publications

Latest preprints:

  1. Sharma D, Andrianova L, McGonigal R et al., 2025. Immune-mediated inflammation modulates the thalamostriatal circuitry regulating depression-like behaviour in both mice and humans. bioRxiv 2024.06.26.600791
  2. Gardner-Stephen K et al., 2025. Neuroinflammation driven by TLR7 activation in mice results in a global inflammatory response driving circuit-specific changes in neuronal gene expression. bioRxiv 2025.04.25.650583
  3. Yue L, Craig MT, Morris BJ, 2025. Glucocorticoids modulate expression of perineuronal net component genes and parvalbumin during development of mouse cortical neurons. bioRxiv 2025.02.12.637910
  4. Margetts-Smith G et al., 2025. Dissection of retrosplenial cortex inputs: ubiquitous drive from anterior thalamus. bioRxiv 2025.02.06.636939
  5. Kohli S et al., 2021. Chemogenetic activation of midline thalamic nuclei fails to ameliorate memory deficits in two mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. bioRxiv 2021.06.30.450500

Published articles

  1. Andrianova L, Banks PJ, Booth CA, Brady ES, Margetts-Smith G, Kohli S, Cavanagh J, Bashir Z, McBain CJ, Craig MT. (2025). Hippocampus does not appear to be a major target of thalamic nucleus reuniens. PLoS Biology 23(10): e3003419
  2. Craig MT*, González Rueda A*. (2025). Do inhibitory interneurons encode information or just keep the rhythm? Science 389(6764): 979-980 Invited perspective
  3. Craig MT, Bielska MH, Jeffery KJ. (2024). Mechanisms and implications of gamma oscillation plasticity. Trends in Neurosciences 47(6): 398-9. Invited perspective
  4. Witton J, Brady ES, Craig MT. (2024). Sleep-based neuronal oscillations as a physiological biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease: is night time the right time? Neural Regeneration Research: 19(7): 1417-1418. Invited perspective
  5. Brady E, Grffiths J, Andrianova L, Saito T, Saido T, Randall AD, Tamagnini F, Witton J, Craig MT (2023). Alterations to parvalbumin-expressing interneuron function and associated network oscillations in the hippocampal – medial prefrontal cortex circuit during natural sleep in APPNL-G-F mice. Neurobiology of Disease 182: 106151
  6. Andrianova L, Yanakieva S, Margetts-Smith G, Kohli S, Brady ES, Aggleton JP, Craig MT (2023). No evidence from complementary data sources of a direct projection from the mouse anterior cingulate area to the hippocampal formation. eLife 2023;12:e77364
  7. Craig MT & Witton J (2022). A cellular switchboard in memory circuits. Science 344(6603): 262-262. Invited perspective
  8. Xiao MF , Seung-Eon R, Zhou J, Chien CC, Lucey BP, Craig MT, Hayes LN, Coughlin JM, Leweke FM, Jia M, Xu D, Zhou W, Talbot Jr CC, Arnold DB, Staley M, Jiang C, Reti IM, Sawa A, Pelkey KA, McBain CJ, Savonenko A, Worley PF (2021). A biomarker-authenticated model of schizophrenia implicating NPTX2 loss of function. Science Advances 7, eabf6935
  9. Pelkey KA, Chittajallu R, Craig MT, Tricoire L, Wester JC, McBain CJ (2017). Hippocampal GABAergic Inhibitory Interneurons. Physiological Reviews, 97(4): 1619-1747 Invited review
  10. Li J, Han W, Pelkey KA, Duan J, Mao X, Wang XY, Craig MT, Dong L, Petralia RS, McBain CJ, Lu W (2017). Molecular dissection of Neuroligin2 and Slitrk3 reveals an essential framework for GABAergic synapse development. Neuron, 96(4): 808-826
  11. Chittajallu R, Wester JC, Craig MT, Barksdale E, Yuan X, Akgül G, Fang C, Collins D, Hunt S, Pelkey KA, McBain, CJ (2017). Afferent specific role for NMDA receptors in the developmental programs critical for circuit integration of hippocampal neurogliaform cells. Nature Communications 8:152
  12. Xiao MF*, Xu D*, Craig MT, Pelkey KA, Chien CC, Shi Y, Zhang J, Resnick S, Pletnikova O, Salmon D, Brewer J, Edland S, Wegiel J, Tycko B, Savonenko A, Reeves RH, Troncoso JC, McBain CJ, Galasko D, Worley PF (2017). NPTX2 and Cognitive Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease. eLife 2017;6:e23798
  13. Pelkey KA, Barksdale E, Craig MT, Yuan X, Sukumaran M, Vargish GA, Mitchell RM, Wyeth MS, Petralia RS, Chittajallu R, Karlsson RM, Cameron HA, Murata Y, Colonnese MT, Worley PF, McBain CJ (2015). Pentraxins coordinate excitatory synapse maturation and circuit integration of parvalbumin interneurons. Neuron, 85(6): 1257-72
  14. Craig MT & McBain CJ (2015). Fast gamma oscillations are generated intrinsically in CA1 without the involvement of fast-spiking basket cells. Journal of Neuroscience 35(8): 3616-24
  15. Craig MT & McBain (2015). Navigating the circuitry of the brain’s GPS system: Future challenges for neurophysiologists.  Hippocampus 25(6): 736-43 Invited commentary.
  16. Craig MT & McBain CJ (2014). The emerging role of GABAB receptors as regulators of network dynamics: fast actions from a ‘slow’ receptor? Current Opinion in Neurobiology 26: 15-21 Invited review.
  17. Chittajallu R*, Craig MT*, McFarland A*, Yuan X, Gerfen S, Tricoire L, Erkkila B, Barron SC, Lopez CM, Liang BJ, Jeffries BW, Pelkey KA, McBain CJ (2013). Dual origins of functionally distinct O-LM interneurons revealed by differential 5-HT3AR expression. Nature Neuroscience 16(11): 1598-607
  18. Matta JA, Pelkey KA, Craig MT, Chittajallu R, Jeffries BW, McBain CJ (2013). Developmental origin dictates interneuron AMPA and NMDA receptor subunit composition and plasticity. Nature Neuroscience 16(8): 1032-41
  19. Mayne EW, Craig MT, McBain CJ, Paulsen O (2013). Dopamine suppresses persistent network activity via D1-like dopamine receptors in rat medial entorhinal cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience 37(8): 1242-7
  20. Craig MT, Mayne EW, Bettler B, Paulsen O, McBain CJ (2013). Distinct roles of GABAB1a– and GABAB1b-containing GABA(B) receptors in spontaneous and evoked termination of persistent cortical activity. Journal of Physiology 591(4): 835-43
  21. Rodríguez-Moreno A, González Rueda A, Banerjee A, Upton AL, Craig MT, Paulsen O (2013). Presynaptic self-depression at developing neocortical synapses. Neuron 77(1): 35-42