2023
Ribbon Synapses and Retinal Disease: Review
Frederick C, Zenisek D. Ribbon Synapses and Retinal Disease: Review. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 5090. PMID: 36982165, PMCID: PMC10049380, DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065090.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPresynaptic protein complexesRibbon synapsesDefective synaptic transmissionMolecular machineryProtein complexesRetinal malfunctionSynaptic transmissionRetinal diseasesSynaptic ribbonsNeurotransmitter releaseMuscular dystrophyVisual diseaseSynapsesDiseaseSensory informationMutagenesisMachineryPresent understandingSynaptopathyVisual systemReviewPathogenesisRetinaPathology
2012
Acute Damage to Synaptic Ribbons Differentially Affects Evoked and Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release from Rod Bipolar Cells
Mehta B, Snellman J, Zenisek D. Acute Damage to Synaptic Ribbons Differentially Affects Evoked and Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release from Rod Bipolar Cells. Biophysical Journal 2012, 102: 670a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.11.3647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRod bipolar cellsSpontaneous neurotransmitter releaseBipolar cellsAcute damageSynaptic ribbonsNeurotransmitter release
2011
Acute destruction of the synaptic ribbon reveals a role for the ribbon in vesicle priming
Snellman J, Mehta B, Babai N, Bartoletti TM, Akmentin W, Francis A, Matthews G, Thoreson W, Zenisek D. Acute destruction of the synaptic ribbon reveals a role for the ribbon in vesicle priming. Nature Neuroscience 2011, 14: 1135-1141. PMID: 21785435, PMCID: PMC3171202, DOI: 10.1038/nn.2870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcohol OxidoreductasesAnimalsBiophysicsCo-Repressor ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsElectric StimulationExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsExocytosisIn Vitro TechniquesLightMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPatch-Clamp TechniquesPeptidesPhosphoproteinsProtein BindingRetinaRetinal Bipolar CellsSynapsesSynaptic VesiclesTime FactorsUrodela
2005
Recent progress towards understanding the synaptic ribbon
Prescott ED, Zenisek D. Recent progress towards understanding the synaptic ribbon. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2005, 15: 431-436. PMID: 16023852, DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research