Neurexins and Neuroligins: Recent Insights from Invertebrates

Cbln family proteins promote synapse formation by regulating distinct neurexin signaling pathways in various brain regions

(2011) Keiko Matsuda et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroligins/LRRTMs prevent activity- and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent synapse elimination in cultured neurons

(2011) Jaewon Ko et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Neuroligin 2 Is Required for Synapse Development and Function at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction

(2011) M. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Functional dependence of neuroligin on a new non-PDZ intracellular domain

(2011) Seth L Shipman et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Neurexin-Neuroligin Transsynaptic Interaction Mediates Learning-Related Synaptic Remodeling and Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia

(2011) Yun-Beom Choi et al.   NEURON

Structural Basis for Variant-Specific Neuroligin-Binding by α-Neurexin

(2011) Hiroki Tanaka et al.   PLoS One

Neuroligin-4 is localized to glycinergic postsynapses and regulates inhibition in the retina

(2011) M. Hoon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increased Dentate Gyrus Excitability in Neuroligin-2-Deficient Mice in Vivo

(2010) P. Jedlicka et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Neuroligin-deficient mutants of C. elegans have sensory processing deficits and are hypersensitive to oxidative stress and mercury toxicity

(2010) J. W. Hunter et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Structural insights into the exquisite selectivity of neurexin/neuroligin synaptic interactions

(2010) Philippe Leone et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The neurexin superfamily of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2010) Liat Haklai-Topper et al.   GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS

N-cadherin and Neuroligins Cooperate to Regulate Synapse Formation in Hippocampal Cultures

(2010) Mytyl Aiga et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Alternative Splicing of Neuroligin Regulates the Rate of Presynaptic Differentiation

(2010) H. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroligin-1 Deletion Results in Impaired Spatial Memory and Increased Repetitive Behavior

(2010) J. Blundell et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

LRRTMs and Neuroligins Bind Neurexins with a Differential Code to Cooperate in Glutamate Synapse Development

(2010) T. J. Siddiqui et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Splice Form Dependence of β-Neurexin/Neuroligin Binding Interactions

(2010) Jesko Koehnke et al.   NEURON

Drosophila Neuroligin 1 Promotes Growth and Postsynaptic Differentiation at Glutamatergic Neuromuscular Junctions

(2010) Daniel Banovic et al.   NEURON

Sensory Regulation of Neuroligins and Neurexin I in the Honeybee Brain

(2010) Sunita Biswas et al.   PLoS One

Neurexin in Embryonic Drosophila Neuromuscular Junctions

(2010) Kaiyun Chen et al.   PLoS One

Essential cooperation of N-cadherin and neuroligin-1 in the transsynaptic control of vesicle accumulation

(2010) A. Stan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuroligin-1 performs neurexin-dependent and neurexin-independent functions in synapse validation

(2009) Jaewon Ko et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Genetic Basis of Emotional Behavior: Has the Time Come for a Drosophila Model?

(2009) Konstantin G. Iliadi   JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS

Neuroligin-2 Deletion Selectively Decreases Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission Originating from Fast-Spiking but Not from Somatostatin-Positive Interneurons

(2009) J. R. Gibson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroligin 2 Drives Postsynaptic Assembly at Perisomatic Inhibitory Synapses through Gephyrin and Collybistin

(2009) Alexandros Poulopoulos et al.   NEURON

LRRTM2 Interacts with Neurexin1 and Regulates Excitatory Synapse Formation

(2009) Joris de Wit et al.   NEURON

LRRTM2 Functions as a Neurexin Ligand in Promoting Excitatory Synapse Formation

(2009) Jaewon Ko et al.   NEURON

Postsynaptic scaffolding molecules modulate the localization of neuroligins

(2009) J.N. Levinson et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Genetic interaction between Neurexin and CAKI/CMG is important for synaptic function in Drosophila neuromuscular junction

(2009) Mingkuan Sun et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Mouse neurexin-1  deletion causes correlated electrophysiological and behavioral changes consistent with cognitive impairments

(2009) M. R. Etherton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The emerging role of synaptic cell-adhesion pathways in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders

(2009) Catalina Betancur et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

A New Component in Synaptic Plasticity: Upregulation of Kinesin in the Neurons of the Gill-Withdrawal Reflex

(2008) Sathyanarayanan V. Puthanveettil et al.   CELL

Increased anxiety-like behavior in mice lacking the inhibitory synapse cell adhesion molecule neuroligin 2

(2008) J. Blundell et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Polarized Targeting of Neurexins to Synapses Is Regulated by their C-Terminal Sequences

(2008) R. Fairless et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease

(2008) Thomas C. Südhof   NATURE

Activity-dependent site-specific changes of glutamate receptor composition in vivo

(2008) Andreas Schmid et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology

(2008) Brett S. Abrahams et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Bridging the Synaptic Gap: Neuroligins and Neurexin I in Apis mellifera

(2008) Sunita Biswas et al.   PLoS One

Unusually rapid evolution of Neuroligin-4 in mice

(2008) M. F. Bolliger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutational analysis of the neurexin/neuroligin complex reveals essential and regulatory components

(2008) C. Reissner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuroligin-1 is required for normal expression of LTP and associative fear memory in the amygdala of adult animals

(2008) Juhyun Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA