A. Rao

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GKAP, a Novel Synaptic Protein That Interacts with the Guanylate Kinase-like Domain of the PSD-95/SAP90 Family of Channel Clustering Molecules
The molecular mechanisms underlying the organization of ion channels and signaling molecules at the synaptic junction are largely unknown. Recently, members of the PSD-95/SAP90 family of synaptic… Expand
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Competitive binding of α-actinin and calmodulin to the NMDA receptor
The mechanisms by which neurotransmitter receptors are immobilized at postsynaptic sites in neurons are largely unknown. The activity of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors is mechanosensitive1 and… Expand
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Competitive binding of alpha-actinin and calmodulin to the NMDA receptor.
The mechanisms by which neurotransmitter receptors are immobilized at postsynaptic sites in neurons are largely unknown. The activity of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors is mechanosensitive and… Expand
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Activity Regulates the Synaptic Localization of the NMDA Receptor in Hippocampal Neurons
We describe here a novel effect of activity on the subcellular distribution of NMDA receptors in hippocampal neurons in culture. In spontaneously active neurons, NMDA receptors were clustered at a… Expand
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Differential Regional Expression and Ultrastructural Localization of α-Actinin-2, a Putative NMDA Receptor-Anchoring Protein, in Rat Brain
Fast chemical neurotransmission is dependent on ionotropic receptors that are concentrated and immobilized at specific postsynaptic sites. The mechanisms of receptor clustering and anchoring in… Expand
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Characterization of Guanylate Kinase-Associated Protein, a Postsynaptic Density Protein at Excitatory Synapses That Interacts Directly with Postsynaptic Density-95/Synapse-Associated Protein 90
The structure of central synapses is poorly understood at the molecular level. A recent advance came with the identification of the postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95)/synapse-associated protein 90… Expand
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Rapid Synaptic Remodeling by Protein Kinase C: Reciprocal Translocation of NMDA Receptors and Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II
In contrast to the rapid regulation of AMPA receptors, previous evidence has supported the idea that the synaptic density of NMDA-type glutamate receptors is fairly static, modulated only over a long… Expand
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Postsynaptically Silent Synapses in Single Neuron Cultures
We have used the synapses that isolated hippocampal cells in culture form onto themselves (autapses) to determine if some synapses lack functional AMPA receptors (AMPARs). A comparison of the… Expand
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Neuroligation: building synapses around the neurexin–neuroligin link
Serafini and colleagues provide evidence that neuroligin acts as a trans-neuronal signal to induce presynaptic differentiation at neuron–neuron connections in vitro.
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Visualization of nerve fibers and their relationship to peripheral nerve tumors by diffusion tensor imaging.
OBJECT The majority of growing and/or symptomatic peripheral nerve tumors are schwannomas and neurofibromas. They are almost always benign and can usually be resected while minimizing motor and… Expand
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