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5-HT prolongs ventral root bursting via presynaptic inhibition of synaptic activity during fictive locomotion in lamprey

scientific article published on 29 September 2004

A descending dopamine pathway conserved from basal vertebrates to mammals.

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

A synaptic mechanism for network synchrony

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

Acute dissociation of lamprey reticulospinal axons to enable recording from the release face membrane of individual functional presynaptic terminals

scientific article published in October 2014

CNQX and DNQX block non-NMDA synaptic transmission but not NMDA-evoked locomotion in lamprey spinal cord.

scientific article published in January 1990

Ca2+ and synaptic plasticity.

scientific article

Co-localized GABA and somatostatin use different ionic mechanisms to hyperpolarize target neurons in the lamprey spinal cord

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

Computational analysis in vitro: dynamics and plasticity of a neuro-robotic system.

scientific article

Connecting brains to robots: an artificial body for studying the computational properties of neural tissues.

scientific article

Disabling the Gβγ-SNARE interaction disrupts GPCR-mediated presynaptic inhibition, leading to physiological and behavioral phenotypes

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

Dual pools of actin at presynaptic terminals ⬇️

scientific article published on March 28, 2012

Endogenous activation of glycine and NMDA receptors in lamprey spinal cord during fictive locomotion

scientific article published on 01 August 1989

Excitatory neurotransmission activates voltage-dependent properties in neurons in spinal motor system of lamprey.

scientific article published in August 1989

Extracellular and intracellular sphingosine-1-phosphate distinctly regulates exocytosis in chromaffin cells

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Extracellular pH dynamics of retinal horizontal cells examined using electrochemical and fluorometric methods ⬇️

scientific article published on November 16, 2011

Fluorescent imaging reports an extracellular alkalinization induced by glutamatergic activation of isolated retinal horizontal cells.

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Forebrain dopamine neurons project down to a brainstem region controlling locomotion.

scientific article

G protein betagamma directly regulates SNARE protein fusion machinery for secretory granule exocytosis.

scientific article

G protein betagamma subunit-mediated presynaptic inhibition: regulation of exocytotic fusion downstream of Ca2+ entry.

scientific article published in April 2001

G protein betagamma-subunits activated by serotonin mediate presynaptic inhibition by regulating vesicle fusion properties.

scholarly article

Gbetagamma acts at the C terminus of SNAP-25 to mediate presynaptic inhibition

scientific article published on 17 April 2005

Gbetagamma interferes with Ca2+-dependent binding of synaptotagmin to the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex

scientific article published on 22 August 2007

Gβγ Binds to the Extreme C Terminus of SNAP25 to Mediate the Action of Gi/o-Coupled G Protein-Coupled Receptors.

scientific article

Gβγ SNARE Interactions and Their Behavioral Effects

scientific article published on 11 May 2018

Gβγ directly modulates vesicle fusion by competing with synaptotagmin for binding to neuronal SNARE proteins embedded in membranes

scientific article

Gβγ inhibits exocytosis via interaction with critical residues on soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein-25.

scientific article published on 7 September 2012

Imaging synaptic activity in intact brain and slices with FM1-43 in C. elegans, lamprey, and rat

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Inhibitory synaptic input to edge cells during fictive locomotion

scientific article published on 01 April 1987

Location and function of vesicle clusters, active zones and Ca2+ channels in the lamprey presynaptic terminal

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Long-term potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampus

scientific article published in Nature

Long-term potentiation of glutamatergic pathways in the lamprey brainstem

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated control of neurotransmitter release.

scientific article published in May 1998

Modulation of neurotransmission by GPCRs is dependent upon the microarchitecture of the primed vesicle complex

scientific article published on January 2014

Modulation of pre- and postsynaptic calcium dynamics by ionotropic glutamate receptors at a plastic synapse.

scientific article published in April 1998

Muscarinic receptor activation elicits sustained, recurring depolarizations in reticulospinal neurons.

scientific article published on 7 March 2007

NMDA receptor-mediated control of presynaptic calcium and neurotransmitter release.

scientific article

New Perspectives on the Dialogue between Brains and Machines

scientific article published on 15 April 2010

Physiological activation of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors increases intracellular calcium and glutamate release.

scientific article published in July 2000

Presynaptic G-protein-coupled receptors dynamically modify vesicle fusion, synaptic cleft glutamate concentrations, and motor behavior.

scientific article published on August 2009

Presynaptic G-protein-coupled receptors regulate synaptic cleft glutamate via transient vesicle fusion

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Properties of transmission at a giant glutamatergic synapse in cerebellum: the mossy fiber-unipolar brush cell synapse

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Quantitative investigation of calcium signals for locomotor pattern generation in the lamprey spinal cord.

scientific article

Role of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in the induction of long-term synaptic plasticity of vesicular release.

scientific article published on 22 May 2012

Sensory Activation of Command Cells for Locomotion and Modulatory Mechanisms: Lessons from Lampreys

scientific article

Spotlight on the active zone ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Synaptic NMDA receptor-dependent Ca²⁺ entry drives membrane potential and Ca²⁺ oscillations in spinal ventral horn neurons.

scientific article

The expanding roles and mechanisms of G protein-mediated presynaptic inhibition

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

The involvement of GABAB receptors and coupled G-proteins in spinal GABAergic presynaptic inhibition

scientific article published on 01 December 1991

The pharmacology of vertebrate spinal central pattern generators.

scientific article published on June 2003

The requirement of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors for the maintenance of locomotion.

scientific article published in May 2002

The synaptic activation of NMDA receptors and Ca2+ signalling in neurons

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

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