William a. mills iii
Publications
First author publications
1) Microglial cyclooxygenase-1 modulates cerebral basal capillary tone in vivo in male mice. Nature Communications, 2025.
2) Astrocyte end foot plasticity continues end foot coverage of cerebral blood vessels following injury and declines with age. Nature Communications, 2022.
3) Two-Photon Microscopy Functional Assays for Serial Imaging of Brain Microvessels and The Neurovascular Unit Through Disease Progression. Current Protocols, 2025.
4) The emergence of the calvarial hematopoietic niche in health and disease. Immunological Reviews, 2022.
5) TREMble Before TREM2- The Mighty Microglial Receptor Conferring Neuroprotective Properties in TDP‑43 Mediated Neurodegeneration. Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023.
Second author publications
6) EphA4 Tie2 crosstalk regulates leptomeningeal collateral remodeling following ischemic stroke. Journal of CIinical Investigation, 2020.
7) The Cells of the Vasculature- Advances in the Regulation of Vascular Tone in the Brain and Periphery. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2025.
Other publications
8) Capillary-associated microglia regulate vascular structure and function through PANX1-P2RY12 coupling in mice. Nature Communications, 2021.
9) Microglia and its P2RY12 receptors regulate seizure severity. iScience, 2026.
10) Potassium and glutamate transport is impaired in scar forming tumor associated astrocytes. Neurochemistry International, 2020.
11) Using Zebrafish to Elucidate Glial-Vascular Interactions During CNS Development. frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021.
12) Spatially expandable fiber-based probes as a multifunctional deep brain interface. Nature Communications, 2020.
13) Nano-optoelectrodes integrated with flexible multifunctional fiber probes by high-throughput scalable fabrication. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021.
15) Lactobacillus rescues postnatal neurobehavioral and microglial dysfunction in a model of maternal microbiome dysbiosis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2019.
14) LRRTM1 underlies synaptic convergence in visual thalamus. eLife, 2018.