S S Mahajan

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Affiliation: City University of New York
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Exposure of neurons to excitotoxic levels of glutamate induces cleavage of the RNA editing enzyme, adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2, and loss of GLUR2 editing
    S S Mahajan
    School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10010, USA
    Neuroscience 189:305-15. 2011
  2. ncbi Novel toxicity of the unedited GluR2 AMPA receptor subunit dependent on surface trafficking and increased Ca2+-permeability
    S S Mahajan
    The Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 1006, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 35:470-81. 2007

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Exposure of neurons to excitotoxic levels of glutamate induces cleavage of the RNA editing enzyme, adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 2, and loss of GLUR2 editing
    S S Mahajan
    School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY 10010, USA
    Neuroscience 189:305-15. 2011
    ..We demonstrate that cleaved ADAR2 leads to a decrease or loss of GluR2 editing, which will further result in high Ca2+ influx and excitotoxic neuronal death...
  2. ncbi Novel toxicity of the unedited GluR2 AMPA receptor subunit dependent on surface trafficking and increased Ca2+-permeability
    S S Mahajan
    The Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 1006, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 35:470-81. 2007
    ..Peptide block of trafficking provides a model for design of drugs to reduce unedited GluR2 excitotoxicity in neurodegenerative diseases that result from editing failure...