• Aksheev Bhambri, Phu Thai, Songtao Wei, Han-Gyu Bae, Payton Reynolds, Daniela Barbosa, Tripti Sharma, Ze Yu, Chao Xing, Jun Hee Kim, Guoqiang Yu & Lu O. Sun. Genetic targeting of premyelinating oligodendrocytes reveals activity-dependent myelination mechanisms. Nat Neurosci 29, 206–221 (2026).
• Han-Gyu Bae, Wan-Chen Wu, Kaila Nip, Elizabeth Gould, , Jun Hee Kim  (2025) Scn2a-linked myelination deficits and synaptic plasticity alterations drive auditory processing disorders in an ASD mouse model . Nature Communications Scn2a cKO snRNAseq
• Mackenna Wollet , Abram Hernandez , Kaila Nip , Brett Ginsburg , Jason R Pugh , Jun Hee Kim  (2025) Impacts of perinatal nicotine exposure on nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression and glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the mouse auditory brainstem.J Physio
• Han-Gyu Bae , Sean Kashiwagura , Andrew Jung , Elizabeth Gould , Jun Hee Kim  (2025) Haploinsufficiency of Whrn Contributes to Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss in C57BL6 Mice. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol
• Tillmon H., Soteros B., Shen L., Cong Q.,Wollet M., General J., Chin H., Lee JB., Carreno F., Morilak D.A., Kim JH., Sia GM. (2024). Complement and microglia activation mediates stress-1 induced synapse loss in layer 2/3 of the medial prefrontal cortex. Nature Communications.
• Bae HG, Wu WC, Nip K, Gould E, and Kim JH (2024). Scn2a deletion disrupts oligodendroglia function: Implication for myelination, neural circuitry, and auditory hypersensitivity in ASD. bioRxiv. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.15.589242
• Zhang T, Bhambri A, Zhang Y, Barbosa D, Bae HG, Kim JH, and Sun L (2023). Autophagy collaborates with apoptosis pathways to control myelination specificity and function. Cell Reports. Cell Reports.2023.112943.
• Nip K, Kashiwagura S and Kim JH (2022). Loss of beta-4 spectrin impairs Nav channel clustering at the heminode and temporal fidelity of presynaptic spikes in developing auditory brain. Scientific Reports. 12, 5854
• Wollet M and Kim JH (2022). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is involved in activity-dependent tonotopic refinement of MNTB neurons.  Front. Neural Circuits.
• Gould EA and Kim JH (2021). SCN2A contributes to oligodendroglia excitability and development in the mammalian brain. Cell Reports. 36(10), 109653.
• Kim EJ, Nip K, Kim JH (2021). Structural refinement of the auditory brainstem neurons in baboons during perinatal development. Front Cell Neurosci.
• Barron T and Kim JH (2020). Preterm birth impedes structural and functional development of cerebellar purkinje cells in developing baboon cerebellum.  Brain Sci. 10(12), 897.
• Cong Q, Soteros BM, Wollet M, Kim JH, and Sia GM (2020). The endogenous neuronal complement inhibitor SRPX2 protects against complement-mediated synapse elimination during development.  Nat Neurosci. 23, 1067-1078.
• Kim EJ, Feng C, Santamaria F, and Kim JH (2019). Impact of auditory experience on the structural plasticity of the AIS in the mouse brainstem throughout the lifespan.  Front Cell Neurosci. 13:456.
• Barron T and Kim JH (2019). Neuronal input triggers Ca2+ influx through AMPA receptors and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in oligodendrocytes.  Glia.
• Jang M, Xu J, Kim EJ, Gould EA, and Kim JH  (2019). Oligodendrocytes regulate presynaptic properties and neurotransmission through BDNF signaling in the mouse brainstem. eLife. 8:e42156.
• Barron T, Saifetiarova J, Bhat M, and Kim JH  (2018). Myelination of Purkinje axons is critical for resilient synaptic transmission in the deep cerebellar nucleus. Scientific Reports. 8(1):1022.
• Berret E, Barron T, Xu J, Debner E, Kim EJ, and Kim JH  (2017). Oligodendroglial excitability mediated by glutamatergic inputs and Nav1.2 activation.  Nature Communication. 8(557).
• Xu J, Berret E, Kim JH (2017). Activity-dependent formation and location of voltage-gated sodium channel clusters at a CNS nerve terminal during postnatal development  J Neurophysol. 117: 582–593.
• Berret E, Kim SE, Lee SY, Kushmerick C and Kim JH  (2016). Functional and structural properties of ion channels at the nerve terminal depends on compact myelin. J Physiol. 594(19):5593-609.
• Lee SY and Kim JH (2015). Mechanisms underlying presynaptic Ca2+ transient and vesicular glutamate release at a CNS nerve terminal during in vitro ischemia.   J Physiol. 593(13):2793-2806.
• Kim SE, Lee SY, Blanco CS and Kim JH  (2014). Developmental profiles of the intrinsic properties and synaptic function of auditory neurons in preterm and term baboon neonates.   J. Neurosci.  34(34):11399-11404.
• Kim SE, Turkington K, Kushmerick C and Kim JH  (2013). Central dysmyelination reduces the temporal fidelity of synaptic transmission and the reliability of postsynaptic firing during high-frequency stimulation.   J Neurophysol. 110(7):1621-1630.
• **Kim JH, Renden R and von Gersdorff H (2013). Dysmyelination of auditory afferent axons increases the jitter of action potential timing during high-frequency firing.  J Neurosci. 33(22): 9402-9407, (**Correspondence).
• **Kim JH and von Gersdorff H (2012). Suppression of spikes during posttetanic hyperpolarization in auditory neurons: the role of temperature, I(h) currents, and the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase pump.   J Neurophysiol. 108(7):1924-32, (**Correspondence).
• Kim JH, Kushmerick C, von Gersdorff H (2010). Presynaptic resurgent Na+ currents sculpt the action potential waveform and increase firing reliability at a CNS nerve terminal.  J Neurosci. 30(46):15479-15490.
• Kim JH and von Gersdorff H (2009). Traffic Jams during vesicle Cycling Lead to Synaptic Depression  Neuron. 63(2):143-145.
• Srinivasan G, Kim JH, and von Gersdorff H (2008). The pool of fast releasing vesicles is augmented by myosin light chain kinase inhibition at the calyx of Held synapse.   J Neurophysiol. 99(4):1810-24.
• Kim JH, Sizov I, Dobretsov M and von Gersdorff H (2007). Presynaptic Ca2+ buffers control the strength of a fast post-tetanic hyperpolarization mediated by the α3 Na+/K+-ATPase.  Nature neuroscience. 10:196-205.

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