Lei Ma

Sleep promotes branch-specific formation of dendritic spines after learning

Guang Yang, Cora Sau Wan Lai, Joseph Cichon et al. · Science · 2014 · 614 citations

Synaptic Plasticity, Cognitive Science, Dendritic Spines +14

REM sleep selectively prunes and maintains new synapses in development and learning

Wei Li, Lei Ma, Guang Yang et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2017 · 519 citations · Full text

Sleep, Cognitive Science, Synaptic Plasticity +11

A Highly Sensitive A-Kinase Activity Reporter for Imaging Neuromodulatory Events in Awake Mice

Lei Ma, Bart C. Jongbloets, Wei-Hong Xiong et al. · Neuron · 2018 · 98 citations · Full text

Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology, Signal Transduction +15

Experience‐dependent plasticity of dendritic spines of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons in the mouse cortex

Lei Ma, Qian Qiao, Jin‐Wu Tsai et al. · Developmental Neurobiology · 2015 · 79 citations · Full text

Locomotion activates PKA through dopamine and adenosine in striatal neurons

Lei Ma, Julian Day‐Cooney, Omar Jáidar et al. · Nature · 2022 · 74 citations · Full text

Neurophysiology, Physiology, Neurotransmitter +8