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| Laura N BorodinskySummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Activity-dependent homeostatic specification of transmitter expression in embryonic neuronsLaura N Borodinsky
Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Molecular Genetics, UCSD, La Jolla, California 92093 0357, USA
Nature 429:523-30. 2004..The results identify a new role of patterned activity in development of the central nervous system...
Second messenger pas de deux: the coordinated dance between calcium and cAMPLaura N Borodinsky
Neurobiology Section, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Sci STKE 2006:pe22. 2006..Second messenger reporters are now available to track multiple players and so provide a dynamic picture of signaling networks...
Orchestrating neuronal differentiation: patterns of Ca2+ spikes specify transmitter choiceNicholas C Spitzer
Neurobiology Section and Center for Molecular Genetics, Division of Biological Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Trends Neurosci 27:415-21. 2004..changes in presynaptic transmitter expression pose a matching problem: are there corresponding changes in postsynaptic transmitter receptor expression, or are axons rerouted to novel targets with which functional synapses can be formed?..
Homeostatic activity-dependent paradigm for neurotransmitter specificationNicholas C Spitzer
Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Molecular Genetics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093 0357, USA
Cell Calcium 37:417-23. 2005....
Activity-dependent neurotransmitter-receptor matching at the neuromuscular junctionLaura N Borodinsky
Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Molecular Genetics, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:335-40. 2007..In these cases, glutamatergic, GABAergic, and glycinergic synaptic currents are recorded from muscle cells, demonstrating that activity regulates matching of transmitters and their receptors in the assembly of functional synapses...
Implications of activity-dependent neurotransmitter-receptor matchingNicholas C Spitzer
Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, Center for Molecular Genetics, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:1393-9. 2008..Matching of postsynaptic receptor expression with the novel expression of transmitters ensues. These findings have intriguing implications for development, mature function and evolution of the nervous system...
Contribution of Ca2+ calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase to neural activity-induced neurite outgrowth and survival of cerebellar granule cellsLaura N Borodinsky
, CONICET, FCEyN, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Neurochem 80:1062-70. 2002..Ca2+ calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activation determines the growth of neurites and the development of neuronal complexity...
GABA-induced neurite outgrowth of cerebellar granule cells is mediated by GABA(A) receptor activation, calcium influx and CaMKII and erk1/2 pathwaysLaura N Borodinsky
, Buenos Aires, Argentina
J Neurochem 84:1411-20. 2003..These data demonstrate that GABA exerts a stimulatory role on cerebellar granule cell neuritogenesis through calcium influx and activation of calcium-dependent kinases...
Neurobiology: how fast can you go?Laura N Borodinsky
Nature 440:158-9. 2006
