SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Chan JR, Jolicoeur C, Yamauchi J, Elliott J, Fawcett JP, Ng BK, Cayouette M.  (2006). The polarity protein Par-3 directly interacts with p75NTR to regulate myelination. Science. Nov 3;314(5800):832-6.

Elliott J, Cayouette M, Gravel C (2006). The CNTF/LIF signaling pathway regulates developmental programmed cell death and differentiation of rod precursor cells in the mouse retina in vivo. Dev Biol. Dec 15;300(2):583-598.

Zigman M, Cayouette M, Charalambous C, Schleiffer A, Hoeller O, Dunican D, McCudden CR, Firnberg N, Barres BA, Siderovski DP, Knoblich JA (2005). Mammalian inscuteable regulates spindle orientation and cell fate in the developing retina. Neuron, 48 (4): 539-545.

M. Cayouette, B.A. Barres, M. Raff (2003). Importance of intrinsic mechanisms in cell-fate decisions in the developing rat retina. Neuron, 40 (5): 897-904.

T. Das, B. Payer, M. Cayouette, W. A. Harris (2003). In vivo time-lapse imaging of cell divisions during neurogenesis in the developing zebrafish retina. Neuron, 37(4): 597-609.

M. Cayouette, M. Raff (2003). The orientation of cell division influences cell-fate choice in the developing mammalian retina. Development, 130 (11):2329-2339.

M. Cayouette, M. Raff (2002). Asymmetric segregation of Numb: a mechanism for neural specification from Drosophila to mammals. Nat. Neurosci., 5 (12): 1265–1269.

M. Cayouette, A.V. Whitmore, G. Jeffery, M. Raff (2001). Asymmetric segregation of Numb in retinal development and the influence of the pigmented epithelium. J. Neurosci., 21(15):5643-5651. [Highlighted in Nature Rev. Neurosci. (2001), vol 2: p.609].

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
S. P. Becerra, E. Alberdi, A. Martinez, L. Montuenga, M. Cayouette, C. Gravel (1999). Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) in the Retina: Protective Effect Against Photoreceptor Cell Degeneration. In Retinal Degenerative Diseases and Experimental Therapy, Hollyfield et al. editors, Plenum Publishers, New York, pp 519-526.

M. Cayouette, S. P. Becerra and C. Gravel (1999). Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor delays the death of photoreceptors in mouse models of inherited retinal degenerations. Neurobiol. Dis., 6: 523-532.

M. Cayouette, D. Behn, M. Sendtner, P. Lachapelle and C. Gravel (1998). Intraocular gene transfer of ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents death and increases responsiveness of rod photoreceptors in the retinal degeneration slow mouse. J. Neurosci., 18: 9282-9293.

M. Cayouette, C. Gravel (1997). Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of ciliary neurotrophic factor can prevent photoreceptor degeneration in the retinal degeneration (rd) mouse. Hum. Gene Ther., 8: 423-430.

M. Cayouette, C. Gravel (1996). Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to retinal ganglion cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 37 (10): 2022-2028.