E. Dvoretskova*, M. Ho*, V. Kittke*, I. Vitali, I. Delgado, C. Feng, M. Torres, J. Winkelmann, and C. Mayer (2024).  “Spatial enhancer activation influences inhibitory neuron identity during mouse embryonic development” Nature Neuroscience  ->Link to paper

Y. Kotlyarenko, A. R. Bright, F. Neuhaus, D. Rodrigues, I. Vitali, M. H. Myoga, and C. Mayer (2024). “Nfib regulates progenitor competence in maturation of GABAergic neurons”. bioRxiv

L. Del-Valle-Anton, S. Amin, D. Cimino, F. Neuhaus, E. Dvoretskova, V. Fernández, Y. K. Babal, C. Garcia-Frigola, A. Prieto-Colomina, R. Murcia-Ramón, Y. Nomura, A. Cárdenas, C. Feng, J. A. Moreno-Bravo, M. Götz, C. Mayer, and V. Borrell (2024). “Multiple parallel cell lineages in the developing mammalian cerebral cortex”. Science Advances

J. Zhou, I. Vitali, S. R. Puiggros, A. Javed, D. Jabaudon, C. Mayer, and R. Bocchi. (2023) “Dual lineage origins of neocortical astrocytes” bioRxiv

E. Dvoretskova*, M. Ho*, V. Kittke*, I. Vitali, I. Delgado, C. Feng, M. Torres, J. Winkelmann, and C. Mayer (2023).  “Spatial-specific enhancer activation determines inhibitory identity,” bioRxiv  ->Link to paper

R. C. Bandler and C. Mayer (2023). “Deciphering inhibitory neuron development: The paths to diversity, ” Curr Opin Neurobiol, p. 102691. ->Link to Review  ->Alternative Link

C. Peters, S. He, F. Fermani, H. Lim, W. Ding, C. Mayer, and R. Klein (2023). “Transcriptomics reveals amygdala neuron regulation by fasting and ghrelin thereby promoting feeding”. Science Advances

R. C. Bandler*, I. Vitali*, R. N. Delgado*, M. C. Ho, E. Dvoretskova, J. S. Ibarra Molinas, P. W. Frazel, M. Mohammadkhani, R. Machold, S. Maedler, S. Liddelow, T. J. Nowakowski, G. Fishell G., C. Mayer. (2022). “Single-cell delineation of lineage and genetic identity in the mouse brain,” Nature, vol. 601, 404–409  ->Link to Paper

S. Dominguez, L. Ma, H. Yu, G. Pouchelon, C. Mayer, G. D. Spyropoulos, C. Cea, G. Buzsaki, G. Fishell, D. Khodagholy, et al. (2021). “A transient postnatal quiescent period precedes emergence of mature cortical dynamics”, eLife

N. Hoermann, T. Schilling, A. Haji Ali, E. Serbe, C. Mayer, A. Borst, J. Pujol-Martí (2020) . “A combinatorial code of transcription factors specifies subtypes of visual motion – sensing neurons in Drosophila”, Development

C. Mayer, and G. Fishell (2018). “Developing neurons are innately inclined to learn on the job,” Nature, vol. 21, p. 920. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05737-2   ->Free version of the paper

C. Mayer*, C. Hafemeister*, R. C. Bandler*, R. Machold, R. Batista-Brito, X. Jaglin, K. Allaway, A. Butler, G. Fishell and R. Satija (2018). “Developmental diversification of cortical inhibitory interneurons,” Nature, vol. 555, 457–462. doi:10.1038/nature25999

C. Mayer*, C. Hafemeister*, R. C. Bandler*, R. Machold, G. Fishell, R. Satija (2017). “Inhibitory neuron diversity originates from cardinal classes shared across germinal zones”, BioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/105312

R. C. Bandler, C. Mayer, and G. Fishell, “Cortical interneuron specification: the juncture of genes, time and geometry,” Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 42, pp. 17–24, Feb. 2017

C. Mayer, R. C. Bandler, and G. Fishell (2016). “Lineage Is a Poor Predictor of Interneuron Positioning within the Forebrain.,” Neuron, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 45–51, Oct. 2016

C. Mayer, X. H. Jaglin, L. V. Cobbs, R. C. Bandler, C. Streicher, C. L. Cepko, S. Hippenmeyer, and G. Fishell (2015). “Clonally Related Forebrain Interneurons Disperse Broadly across Both Functional Areas and Structural Boundaries,” Neuron, vol. 87, no. 5, pp. 989–998

D. Kumar, M. Candlish, V. Periasamy, N. Avcu, C. Mayer, and U. Boehm (2015). “Specialized subpopulations of kisspeptin neurons communicate with GnRH neurons in female mice,” Endocrinology, vol. 156, no. 1, pp. 32–38

M. Beymer, A. L. Negrón, G. Yu, S. Wu, C. Mayer, R. Z. Lin, U. Boehm, and M. Acosta-Martinez (2014). “Kisspeptin cell-specific PI3K signaling regulates hypothalamic kisspeptin expression and participates in the regulation of female fertility,” Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 307, no. 11, pp. E969–82

R. Aziz, M. Beymer, A. L. Negrón, A. Newshan, G. Yu, B. Rosati, D. McKinnon, M. Fukuda, R. Z. Lin, C. Mayer, U. Boehm and M. Acosta-Martínez (2014). “Galanin‐Like Peptide (GALP) Neurone‐Specific Phosphoinositide 3‐Kinase Signalling Regulates GALP mRNA Levels in the Hypothalamus of Males and Luteinising Hormone Levels in Both Sexes,” Journal of Neuroendocrinology, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 426–438

S. de Croft, R. Piet, C. Mayer, O. Mai, U. Boehm, and A. E. Herbison (2012). “Spontaneous kisspeptin neuron firing in the adult mouse reveals marked sex and brain region differences but no support for a direct role in negative feedback,” Endocrinology, vol. 153, no. 11, pp. 5384–5393

N. Eberhard*, C. Mayer*, R. Santic, R. P. Navio, A. Wagner, H. C. Bauer, G. Sperk, U. Boehm, and B. Kofler (2012). “Distribution of alarin immunoreactivity in the mouse brain,” J Mol Neurosci, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 18–32  *These authors contributed equally to this work. 

C. Mayer and U. Boehm (2011) .“Female reproductive maturation in the absence of kisspeptin/GPR54 signaling,” Nature Neuroscience, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 704–710

C. Mayer, M. Acosta-Martinez*, S. L. Dubois, A. Wolfe, S. Radovick, U. Boehm, and J. E. Levine (2010).“Timing and completion of puberty in female mice depend on estrogen receptor alpha-signaling in kisspeptin neurons,” PNAS, vol. 107, no. 52, pp. 22693–22698