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neuroligin 2

Known as: neuroligin-2 
 
National Institutes of Health

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Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalNerve Tissue Proteins
NLGN2 gene

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2016
2016
Dopamine synapse is a neuroligin-2-mediated contact between dopaminergic presynaptic and GABAergic postsynaptic structures.
Midbrain dopamine neurons project densely to the striatum and form so-called dopamine synapses on medium spiny neurons (MSNs… (More)
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2014
2014
Direct visualization of trans-synaptic neurexin-neuroligin interactions during synapse formation.
Neurexins and neuroligins are synaptic cell-adhesion molecules that are essential for normal synapse specification and function… (More)
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2013
2013
MDGAs interact selectively with neuroligin-2 but not other neuroligins to regulate inhibitory synapse development.
The MAM domain-containing GPI anchor proteins MDGA1 and MDGA2 are Ig superfamily adhesion molecules composed of six IG domains, a… (More)
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2013
2013
An unexpected role of neuroligin-2 in regulating KCC2 and GABA functional switch
GABAA receptors are ligand-gated Cl- channels, and the intracellular Cl- concentration governs whether GABA function is… (More)
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2013
2013
Altered Pancreatic Islet Function and Morphology in Mice Lacking the Beta-Cell Surface Protein Neuroligin-2
Neuroligin-2 is a transmembrane, cell-surface protein originally identified as an inhibitory synapse-associated protein in the… (More)
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2011
2011
Increased dentate gyrus excitability in neuroligin-2-deficient mice in vivo.
The postsynaptic adhesion protein neuroligin-2 (NL2) is selectively localized at inhibitory synapses. Here, we studied network… (More)
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2010
2010
Structural insights into the exquisite selectivity of neurexin/neuroligin synaptic interactions.
The extracellular domains of neuroligins and neurexins interact through Ca(2+) to form flexible trans-synaptic associations… (More)
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2009
2009
Neuroligin-2 accelerates GABAergic synapse maturation in cerebellar granule cells.
Neuroligins (NLGs) are postsynaptic cell adhesion molecules that are thought to function in synaptogenesis. To investigate the… (More)
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2008
2008
Synapse formation and clustering of neuroligin-2 in the absence of GABAA receptors.
GABAergic synapses are crucial for brain function, but the mechanisms underlying inhibitory synaptogenesis are unclear. Here, we… (More)
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2007
2007
Molecular reconstitution of functional GABAergic synapses with expression of neuroligin-2 and GABAA receptors.
Trans-synaptic cell adhesion molecules neuroligins and neurexins play an important role in promoting central synapse formation… (More)
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