Synaptic memory and CaMKII

RA Nicoll, H Schulman - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and long-term potentiation (LTP)
were discovered within a decade of each other and have been inextricably intertwined ever …

[HTML][HTML] AMPA receptor trafficking and LTP: Carboxy-termini, amino-termini and TARPs

J Díaz-Alonso, RA Nicoll - Neuropharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are fundamental elements in excitatory synaptic transmission
and synaptic plasticity in the CNS. Long term potentiation (LTP), a form of synaptic plasticity …

A Noelin-organized extracellular network of proteins required for constitutive and context-dependent anchoring of AMPA-receptors

S Boudkkazi, J Schwenk, N Nakaya, A Brechet… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Information processing and storage in the brain rely on AMPA-receptors (AMPARs) and their
context-dependent dynamics in synapses and extra-synaptic sites. We found that distribution …

Structural mobility tunes signalling of the GluA1 AMPA glutamate receptor

D Zhang, J Ivica, JM Krieger, H Ho, K Yamashita… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPARs), the primary mediators of excitatory
neurotransmission in the brain, are either GluA2 subunit-containing and thus Ca2+ …

Subsynaptic positioning of AMPARs by LRRTM2 controls synaptic strength

AM Ramsey, AH Tang, TA LeGates, XZ Gou… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Recent evidence suggests that nano-organization of proteins within synapses may control
the strength of communication between neurons in the brain. The unique subsynaptic …

mGluR5 is transiently confined in perisynaptic nanodomains to shape synaptic function

N Scheefhals, M Westra, HD MacGillavry - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
The unique perisynaptic distribution of postsynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors
(mGluRs) at excitatory synapses is predicted to directly shape synaptic function, but …

MINFLUX fluorescence nanoscopy in biological tissue

T Moosmayer, KA Kiszka, V Westphal, JK Pape… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Optical imaging access to nanometer-level protein distributions in intact tissue is a highly
sought-after goal, as it would provide visualization in physiologically relevant contexts …

Nanoscale rules governing the organization of glutamate receptors in spine synapses are subunit specific

M Hruska, RE Cain, MB Dalva - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Heterotetrameric glutamate receptors are essential for the development, function, and
plasticity of spine synapses but how they are organized to achieve this is not known. Here …

The amino-terminal domain of GluA1 mediates LTP maintenance via interaction with neuroplastin-65

CH Jiang, M Wei, C Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Long-term potentiation (LTP) has long been considered as an important cellular mechanism
for learning and memory. LTP expression involves NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic …

High-resolution imaging and manipulation of endogenous AMPA receptor surface mobility during synaptic plasticity and learning

AM Getz, M Ducros, C Breillat… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Regulation of synaptic neurotransmitter receptor content is a fundamental mechanism for
tuning synaptic efficacy during experience-dependent plasticity and behavioral adaptation …