BACKGROUND Since it was established that the cognitive brain is formed mostly by an interconnected network of neurons that communicate at contact sites termed synapses …
While CaMKII has long been known to be essential for synaptic plasticity and learning, recent work points to new dimensions of CaMKII function in the nervous system, revealing …
H Ma, HG Khaled, X Wang, NJ Mandelberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Excitation–transcription coupling (E–TC) links synaptic and cellular activity to nuclear gene transcription. It is generally accepted that E–TC makes a crucial contribution to learning and …
The N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are ionotropic glutamate receptors that mediate the flux of calcium (Ca2+) into the post‐synaptic compartment. Ca2+ influx …
The protein kinase CK2 (CK2) family encompasses a small number of acidophilic serine/threonine kinases that phosphorylate substrates involved in numerous biological …
RA Dampney, LC Michelini, DP Li… - American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) is a unique and important brain region involved in the control of cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and other physiological functions …
S Won, JM Levy, RA Nicoll, KW Roche - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•PSD-95 and PSD-93 are essential for PSD structure.•SAP102 plays a role in clearing NMDARs from the synapse.•PSD-95 sculpts protein content at the PSD.•PSD-93 …
Many molecular mechanisms underlie the changes in synaptic glutamate receptor content that are required by neuronal networks to generate cellular correlates of learning and …