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Peer-Review Journals:

  1. Cullen, M.J., and I.R. Kaiserman-Abramof. 1976. Cytological organization of the dorsal lateral geniculate nuclei in mutant anophthalmic and postnatally enucleated mice. J. Neurocytology 5:407-424.


  2. Reier, P.J., M.J. Cullen, J.S. Froelich and I. Rothchild. 1977. The ultrastructure of the developing medial preoptic nucleus in the postnatal rat. Brain Res. 122:415-436. 


  3. Cullen, M.J., and H.deF. Webster. 1977. The effects of low temperature on myelin formation in optic nerves of Xenopus tadpoles. Tissue and Cell 9:1-10. 


  4. Tabira, T., M.J. Cullen, P.J. Reier and H.deF. Webster. 1978. An experimental analysis of interlamellar tight junctions in amphibian and mammalian CNS myelin. J. Neurocytology 7:489-504. 


  5. Cullen, M.J., and H.deF. Webster. 1979. Remodeling of optic nerve myelin sheaths and axons during metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis. J. Comp. Neurol. 184:353-362. 


  6. Zetusky, W.J., V.P. Calabrese, A.L. Zetusky, M.G. Anderson, M.J. Cullen and G.H. DeVries. 1979. Isolation and partial characterization of human CNS axolemma-enriched fractions. J. Neurochem. 32:1103-1109. 


  7. Bray, G.M., M.J. Cullen, A.J. Aguayo and M. Rasminsky. 1979. Node-like areas of intramembranous particles in the unensheathed axons of dystrophic mice. Neuroscience Letters 13:203-208. 


  8. Cullen, M.J., G.H. DeVries, and H.deF. Webster. 1981. Freeze-fracture characterization of isolated myelin and axolemma membrane fractions. Brain Res. 229:311-322.


  9. Cullen, M.J., R.G. Peterson, and H. deF Webster. 1983. Electron microscopical study of intramembranous changes in protein-extracted peripheral nervous system myelin. Anatomical Rec. 207:563-571.


  10. Cullen, M.J. 1988. Freeze-fracture analysis of myelin membrane changes in Wallerian degeneration. J. Neurocytology 17:105-115.


  11. Cullen, M.J. and H.deF. Webster. 1989. Inhibition of protein synthesis during CNS myelination produces focal accumulations of membrane vesicles in oligodendrocytes. J. Neurocytology 18:763-774.


  12. Backstrom, J.R., G.P. Lim, M.J. Cullen and Z.A. Tökés. 1996. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is synthesized in neurons of the human hippocampus and is capable of degrading the amyloid-ß peptide (1-40). J. Neurosci. 16:7910-7919.
  13. Lim, G.P., J.R. Backstrom, M.J. Cullen, C.A. Miller, R.D. Atkinson, and Z.A. Tökés. 1996. Matrix metalloproteinases in the neocortex and spinal cord of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. J. Neurochem. 67:251-259.


  14. Lim, G.P., M.J. Russell, M.J. Cullen and Z.A. Tökés. 1997. Matrix metalloproteinases in dog brains exhibiting Alzheimer-like characteristics. J. Neurochem. 68:1606-1611.

Invited Reviews:

Cullen, M.J. and R. Gulley. 1980. The Macromolecular Organization of Glial Membranes. Trends in Neurosciences. 3:113-116.

Chapters in Books:

Webster, H.deF., B.D. Trapp and M.J. Cullen. 1980. Xenopus Tadpoles: A Useful Model for Studying Cellular Effects of Neurotoxic Compounds. Experimental and Clinical Neurotoxicology, Chapter 53, pp. 775-787.

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Abstracts:
  1. Kaiserman-Abramof, I.R., M.J. Cullen and M. Nabors. 1974. Cytological investigations of interrelationships within the visual system of the mutant anophthalmic mouse. Anat. Rec. 178:385.


  2. Cullen, M.J. and I.R. Kaiserman-Abramof. 1975. Ultrastructural and quantitative changes in the cellular organization of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in anophthalmic and enucleated mice. Anat. Rec. 181:339.


  3. Cullen, M., and H.deF. Webster. 1976. The effects of low temperature on optic nerves of Xenopus tadpoles during myelin formation. Anat. Rec. 184:385.


  4. Cullen, M.J., and H.deF. Webster. 1976. Morphological abnormalities in CNS myelin formation produced by cycloheximide. Abstracts for the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurosciences.


  5. Cullen, M.J., and H.deF. Webster. 1977. Spontaneous degeneration of myelinated optic nerve fibers during metamorphosis in Xenopus. Anat. Rec. 187:560.


  6. Cullen, M.J., J. Piatigorsky and H.deF. Webster. 1977. Lesions in myelin forming oligodendrocytes of tadpole optic nerves: Comparison of cycloheximide, low temperature, and colchicine. Abstracts of the American Academy of Neuropathologists.*


  7. Bray, G.M., M.J. Cullen, A.J. Aguayo and M. Rasminsky. 1977. Axolemmal abnormalities in spinal roots of dystrophic mice. Neurology 27:362.


  8. Cullen, M.J., R.G. Peterson and H. deF. Webster. 1977. Intramembranous particle changes in Triton X-100 treated PNS myelin. Abstracts for the Seventh Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  9. Peterson, R.G. and M.J. Cullen. 1978. Intramembranous particles associated with basic proteins. Transactions of the American Society for Neurochemistry, 9:108.


  10. Cullen, M.J., and G.H. DeVries. 1978. Freeze-fracture characterization of CNS myelin and axolemmal-enriched isolated fractions. Anat. Rec. 190:372.


  11. Bray, G.M., M.J. Cullen, A.J. Aguayo and M. Rasminsky. 1978. Freeze-fracture abnormalities in the spinal roots of dystrophic mice. Abstracts of the Eighth International Congress of Neuropathology.


  12. Cullen, M.J. 1983. Freeze-fracture analysis of membrane changes in Wallerian degeneration. Transactions of the American Society for Neurochemistry.


  13. Cullen, M.J. and G.H. Albrecht. 1985. Intramembranous particles from CNS of normal and mutant mice. Transactions of the American Society for Neurochemistry.


  14. Garner, J.A., and M.J. Cullen. 1991. Tissue immunolocalization of a 60 kD protein originally isolated from CNS presynaptic terminals. Abstracts of the 21st Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  15. Backstrom, J., G.P. Lim, M.J. Cullen and Z. Tökés. 1992. Latent Type IV collagenases in the hippocampus from Alzheimer and control specimens. Abstracts of the 22nd Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  16. Lim, G.P., J.R. Backstrom, M.J. Cullen, C. Miller and Z. Tökés. 1993. Metalloproteinases in the CNS of Alzheimer and ALS patients. Abstracts of the 23rd Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  17. Gilmore, W., J. Correale, M. Cullen, N. Ko and L.P. Weiner. 1994. Transplantation of murine oligodendrocytes and JHMV-infected astrocytes into demyelinating lesions in the rat spinal cord. Abstracts of ISNI Congress.


  18. Lim, G.P., I.G. Lin, M. Cullen, R.D. Atkinson, C.A. Miller and Z. Tökés. 1995. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in the CNS of ALS patients. Abstracts of the 25th Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  19. Lim, G.P., M.J. Russell, M. Cullen and Z. Tökés. 1996. Presence of matrix metalloproteinases in canine brain. Abstracts of the 26th Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  20. Lin, I.G., G.P. Lim, M. Cullen, R.D. Atkinson and Z. Tökés. 1996. Expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in the deltoid and psoas muscles of ALS patients. Abstracts of the 26th Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.


  21. Tökés, Z., G.P. Lim, J.R. Backstrom, M. J. Cullen and M.J. Russell. 1997. Expression of matrix metalloproteinases in Alzheimer-affected human and canine brain specimens. Keystone Conference on Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease, February, 1997.


* Finalist for Weil Award

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