Mechanical coupling between transsynaptic N-cadherin adhesions and actin flow stabilizes dendritic spines

Small, smaller… dendritic spine

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Nanoscale segregation of actin nucleation and elongation factors determines dendritic spine protrusion

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Myosin IIb controls actin dynamics underlying the dendritic spine maturation

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Disruption of Arp2/3 Results in Asymmetric Structural Plasticity of Dendritic Spines and Progressive Synaptic and Behavioral Abnormalities

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Micropatterned substrates coated with neuronal adhesion molecules for high-content study of synapse formation

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Afadin, A Ras/Rap Effector That Controls Cadherin Function, Promotes Spine and Excitatory Synapse Density in the Hippocampus

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Polarization of actin cytoskeleton is reduced in dendritic protrusions during early spine development in hippocampal neuron

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A WAVE2–Arp2/3 actin nucleator apparatus supports junctional tension at the epithelial zonula adherens

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Wavelet analysis for single molecule localization microscopy

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Unified quantitative model of AMPA receptor trafficking at synapses

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Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

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STED Nanoscopy of Actin Dynamics in Synapses Deep Inside Living Brain Slices

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The secret life of α-catenin: Moonlighting in morphogenesis

(2011) Stephanie L. Maiden et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Regulation of Synapse Structure and Function by Distinct Myosin II Motors

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Neurexin-Neuroligin Adhesions Capture Surface-Diffusing AMPA Receptors through PSD-95 Scaffolds

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Local, persistent activation of Rho GTPases during plasticity of single dendritic spines

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Super-Resolution Dynamic Imaging of Dendritic Spines Using a Low-Affinity Photoconvertible Actin Probe

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Myosin IIB Activity and Phosphorylation Status Determines Dendritic Spine and Post-Synaptic Density Morphology

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N-cadherin mediates plasticity-induced long-term spine stabilization

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Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

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Single-Molecule Discrimination of Discrete Perisynaptic and Distributed Sites of Actin Filament Assembly within Dendritic Spines

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Calyculin A-induced neurite retraction is critically dependent on actomyosin activation but not on polymerization state of microtubules

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 -Catenin Regulates Spine and Synapse Morphogenesis and Function in Hippocampal Neurons during Development

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Molecular Architecture of Synaptic Actin Cytoskeleton in Hippocampal Neurons Reveals a Mechanism of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis

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Investigating Sub-Spine Actin Dynamics in Rat Hippocampal Neurons with Super-Resolution Optical Imaging

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Multi-level molecular clutches in motile cell processes

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Myosin Vb Mobilizes Recycling Endosomes and AMPA Receptors for Postsynaptic Plasticity

(2008) Zhiping Wang et al.   CELL

A Molecular Clutch between the Actin Flow and N-Cadherin Adhesions Drives Growth Cone Migration

(2008) L. Bard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Coordination of Synaptic Adhesion with Dendritic Spine Remodeling by AF-6 and Kalirin-7

(2008) Z. Xie et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy

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The Subspine Organization of Actin Fibers Regulates the Structure and Plasticity of Dendritic Spines

(2008) Naoki Honkura et al.   NEURON

Cadherins and catenins at synapses: roles in synaptogenesis and synaptic plasticity

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