The University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6101
Chicago, IL 60637-1470
Telephone (773) 702-6166
Fax (773) 702-9903 Robert.Wollmann@uchospitals.edu
Research Interests
Pathology of the neuromuscular junction.
Selected Publications
Vohra BP, Groshong JS, Zayas R, Wollmann RL, Gomez CM. Activation of apoptotic pathways at muscle fiber synapses is circumscribed and reversible in a slow-channel syndrome model.
Neurobiol Dis. 2006 Aug;23(2):462-70.
Gilbert, S, Zhang, L, Forster, M, Tamaki, I, Soliven, B, Donahue, L, Sweet,
H, Bronson, R, Davisson, M, Wollmann, R, Lahn, B Trak1 mutation disrupts GABA-A
receptor homeostasis in hypertonic mice. Nature Genetics 38: 245-250, 2006.
Vohra BP, Groshong JS, Maselli RA, Verity MA, Wollmann RL, Gomez CM.
Focal caspase activation underlies the endplate myopathy in slow-channel syndrome.
Ann Neurol. 2004 Mar;55(3):347-52.
Maselli RA, Wan J, Dunne V, Graves M, Baloh RW, Wollmann RL, Jen J.
Presynaptic failure of neuromuscular transmission and synaptic remodeling in EA2.
Neurology. 2003 Dec 23;61(12):1743-8.
Selected Publications (continued)
Maselli R, Chen D, Mo D, Bowe, C, Fenton G, Wollmann R. Choline acetyltransferase mutations
in myasthenic syndrome due to deficient acetylcholine resynthesis. Muscle & Nerve
27:107-187, 2003.