Proton-triggered rearrangement of the AMPA receptor N-terminal domains impacts receptor kinetics and synaptic localization

J Ivica, N Kejzar, H Ho, I Stockwell, V Kuchtiak… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPARs) are ion channel tetramers that mediate the majority of
fast excitatory synaptic transmission. They are composed of four subunits (GluA1–GluA4); …

Dopamine increases protein synthesis in hippocampal neurons enabling dopamine-dependent LTP

T Fuchsberger, I Stockwell, M Woods, Z Brzosko… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The reward and novelty related neuromodulator dopamine plays an important role in
hippocampal long-term memory, which is thought to involve protein synthesis-dependent …

Research briefing

LPM Kremer - Nature Methods, 2024 - nature.com
Single-cell bisulfite sequencing enables the genome-wide quantification of DNA methylation
at single-cell resolution, but methods to analyze the resulting data are lacking. The …

In-Situ Structure and Topography of AMPA Receptor Scaffolding Complexes Visualized by CryoET

RG Held, J Liang, L Esquivies, YA Khan, C Wang… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Most synapses in the brain transmit information by the presynaptic release of vesicular
glutamate, driving postsynaptic depolarization through AMPA-type glutamate receptors …

The VGCC auxiliary subunit α2δ1 is an extracellular GluA1 interactor and regulates LTP, spatial memory, and seizure susceptibility

G Leana-Sandoval, AV Kolli, MA Sandoval… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Activity-dependent synaptic accumulation of AMPA receptors (AMPARs) and subsequent
long-term synaptic strengthening underlie different forms of learning and memory. The …