Actin in dendritic spines: connecting dynamics to function

Forgetting Is Regulated through Rac Activity in Drosophila

(2010) Yichun Shuai et al.   CELL

Mixed Microtubules Steer Dynein-Driven Cargo Transport into Dendrites

(2010) Lukas C. Kapitein et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rapid spine stabilization and synaptic enhancement at the onset of behavioural learning

(2010) Todd F. Roberts et al.   NATURE

Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) regulates spines of the glutamate synapse via Rac1

(2010) Akiko Hayashi-Takagi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Structural dynamics of dendritic spines in memory and cognition

(2010) Haruo Kasai et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Combinatorial morphogenesis of dendritic spines and filopodia by SPAR and α-actinin2

(2009) Hyang-Sook Hoe et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Deformation by I-BAR Domain Proteins

(2009) Juha Saarikangas et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dendritic spine formation and stabilization

(2009) Yoshihiro Yoshihara et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Characterization of dendritic spines in theDrosophilacentral nervous system

(2009) Florian Leiss et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Defining mechanisms of actin polymerization and depolymerization during dendritic spine morphogenesis

(2009) Pirta Hotulainen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Different Rho GTPase–dependent signaling pathways initiate sequential steps in the consolidation of long-term potentiation

(2009) Christopher S. Rex et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Drebrin A regulates dendritic spine plasticity and synaptic function in mature cultured hippocampal neurons

(2009) A. Ivanov et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Phosphorylation status of the NR2B subunit of NMDA receptor regulates its interaction with calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II

(2009) Rajeevkumar Raveendran et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Interfering with the Actin Network and Its Effect on Long-Term Potentiation and Synaptic Tagging in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons in Slices In Vitro

(2009) B. Ramachandran et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Control of the Postsynaptic Membrane Viscosity

(2009) M. Renner et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2009) Farida Korobova et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Activation of CaMKII in single dendritic spines during long-term potentiation

(2009) Seok-Jin R. Lee et al.   NATURE

βCaMKII controls the direction of plasticity at parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapses

(2009) Geeske M van Woerden et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Experience-dependent structural synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain

(2009) Anthony Holtmaat et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Microtubule assembly, organization and dynamics in axons and dendrites

(2009) Cecilia Conde et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Dynamic Microtubules Regulate Dendritic Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity

(2009) Jacek Jaworski et al.   NEURON

Endocytic Trafficking and Recycling Maintain a Pool of Mobile Surface AMPA Receptors Required for Synaptic Potentiation

(2009) Enrica Maria Petrini et al.   NEURON

Genetic disruption of the alternative splicing of drebrin gene impairs context-dependent fear learning in adulthood

(2009) N. Kojima et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Coordination of Membrane and Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics during Filopodia Protrusion

(2009) Changsong Yang et al.   PLoS One

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

(2009) Vedakumar Tatavarty et al.   PLoS One

Ca2+ binding by domain 2 plays a critical role in the activation and stabilization of gelsolin

(2009) S. Nag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Control of neuronal polarity and plasticity – a renaissance for microtubules?

(2009) Casper C. Hoogenraad et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Spine microdomains for postsynaptic signaling and plasticity

(2009) Thomas M. Newpher et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Review of the mechanism of processive actin filament elongation by formins

(2009) Aditya S. Paul et al.   CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON

Basic mechanisms for recognition and transport of synaptic cargos

(2009) Max A Schlager et al.   Molecular Brain

Eps8 Regulates Axonal Filopodia in Hippocampal Neurons in Response to Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)

(2009) Elisabetta Menna et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Balancing Structure and Function at Hippocampal Dendritic Spines

(2008) Jennifer N Bourne et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Myosin Vb Mobilizes Recycling Endosomes and AMPA Receptors for Postsynaptic Plasticity

(2008) Zhiping Wang et al.   CELL

PAK signalling in neuronal physiology

(2008) Patricia Kreis et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Molecular dynamics of postsynaptic receptors and scaffold proteins

(2008) Marianne Renner et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Local protein synthesis, actin dynamics, and LTP consolidation

(2008) Clive R Bramham   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Subunits Are Non-myosin Targets of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain

(2008) Gaurav Bajaj et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

N-WASP and the Arp2/3 Complex Are Critical Regulators of Actin in the Development of Dendritic Spines and Synapses

(2008) Adam M. Wegner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Actin-Binding Protein Abp1 Controls Dendritic Spine Morphology and Is Important for Spine Head and Synapse Formation

(2008) A. Haeckel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

SynGAP Regulates Steady-State and Activity-Dependent Phosphorylation of Cofilin

(2008) H. J. Carlisle et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Organization of the Arp2/3 Complex in Hippocampal Spines

(2008) B. Racz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease

(2008) Thomas C. Südhof   NATURE

WAVE and Arp2/3 jointly inhibit filopodium formation by entering into a complex with mDia2

(2008) Petra Beli et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2008) Lorenzo A. Cingolani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

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

(2008) Naoki Honkura et al.   NEURON

Regulation of Actin Assembly Associated With Protrusion and Adhesion in Cell Migration

(2008) Christophe Le Clainche et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Neurabin Contributes to Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Contextual Fear Memory

(2008) Long-Jun Wu et al.   PLoS One

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

(2008) Jyothi Arikkath et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES