2000
NMDA receptor-mediated control of protein synthesis at developing synapses
Scheetz A, Nairn A, Constantine-Paton M. NMDA receptor-mediated control of protein synthesis at developing synapses. Nature Neuroscience 2000, 3: 211-216. PMID: 10700251, DOI: 10.1038/72915.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerateAnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCycloheximideElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalGlutamic AcidIsoelectric PointMolecular WeightN-MethylaspartatePeptide Elongation Factor 2PhosphorylationPrecipitin TestsProtein BiosynthesisProteinsRatsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRetinal Ganglion CellsSuperior ColliculiSynapsesSynaptosomesTime FactorsConceptsNMDAR activationReceptor activationN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activationActivity-dependent synaptic changesEukaryotic elongation factor 2Receptor-mediated controlSynaptic protein synthesisEEF2 phosphorylationProtein synthesisSuperior colliculiYoung ratsDependent kinase IISynaptic changesLow dosesTotal protein synthesisII synthesisFactor 2Overall protein synthesisActivationElongation factor 2Kinase IIPhosphorylation
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