1998
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediates simultaneous enhancement of gap-junctional conductance and glutamatergic transmission
Pereda A, Bell T, Chang B, Czernik A, Nairn A, Soderling T, Faber D. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediates simultaneous enhancement of gap-junctional conductance and glutamatergic transmission. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 13272-13277. PMID: 9789078, PMCID: PMC23780, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.22.13272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBenzylaminesCalciumCalcium ChlorideCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCell CommunicationDendritesEgtazic AcidElectric ConductivityElectric StimulationEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsEvoked PotentialsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGap JunctionsGlutamic AcidGoldfishMembrane PotentialsNeuronsSpinal CordSulfonamidesSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionVestibulocochlear NerveConceptsGlutamatergic synapsesGap junctional conductanceCaM-KIIGap junctionsLong-term potentiationGoldfish Mauthner cellIntradendritic Ca2Intradendritic injectionPostsynaptic increaseExcitatory transmissionGlutamatergic transmissionAuditory afferentsSynaptic responsesSynaptic activityDependent kinase inhibitorDependent kinase IIIntracellular Ca2Interneuronal communicationSpecific peptide inhibitorChemical synapsesKinase inhibitorsMauthner cellKN-93Mammalian glutamatergic synapsesSynapses
1995
A Role for Calcineurin (Protein Phosphatase-2B) in the Regulation of Glutamate Release
Sihra T, Nairn A, Kloppenburg P, Lin Z, Pouzat C. A Role for Calcineurin (Protein Phosphatase-2B) in the Regulation of Glutamate Release. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1995, 212: 609-616. PMID: 7542882, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1995.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelease of glutamateGlutamate releaseVoltage-dependent Ca channel activityVoltage-dependent Ca influxRat cerebral cortexCa-dependent componentCa channel activityCerebral cortexNerve terminalsCa influxInflux of CaCa entryActivation of calcineurinCa channelsCalcineurin activityGlutamateFK506CalcineurinRelease
1987
Cholecystokinin induces a decrease in Ca2+ current in snail neurons that appears to be mediated by protein kinase C
Hammond C, Paupardin-Tritsch D, Nairn A, Greengard P, Gerschenfeld H. Cholecystokinin induces a decrease in Ca2+ current in snail neurons that appears to be mediated by protein kinase C. Nature 1987, 325: 809-811. PMID: 2434859, DOI: 10.1038/325809a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase CAction of noradrenalineDependent action potentialsKinase CIntracellular injectionSnail neuronsAction potentialsProtein kinaseCardiac muscleCholecystokininSnail Helix aspersaExcitable tissuesProtein kinase C.Low concentrationsCa2Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinaseHelix aspersaInjectionGMP-dependent protein kinaseKinase C.KinaseNoradrenalineCCK8Neurons