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Postsynaptic Membrane Specialization

Postsynaptic Membrane Specialization is a structural and molecular adaptation of the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction that enhances synaptic transmission efficacy by concentrating neurotransmitter receptors, scaffolding proteins, and signaling molecules in a highly organized submembranous domain.

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995

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269

Perisynaptic Location of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors mGluR1 and mGluR5 on Dendrites and Dendritic Spines in the Rat Hippocampus

Rafael Luján, Zoltán Nusser, J. David B. Roberts et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 1996 · 857 citations

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Neuroligin 1 is a postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecule of excitatory synapses

Ji‐Ying Song, Konstantin Ichtchenko, Thomas C. Südhof et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 695 citations

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Axonal regeneration and synapse formation in the superior colliculus by retinal ganglion cells in the adult rat

Manuel Vidal‐Sanz, GM Bray, MP Villegas-Pérez et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1987 · 589 citations · Full text

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Failure of postsynaptic specialization to develop at neuromuscular junctions of rapsyn-deficient mice

Medha Gautam, Peter G. Noakes, Jacqueline L. Mudd et al. · Nature · 1995 · 541 citations

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Relative and Absolute Quantification of Postsynaptic Density Proteome Isolated from Rat Forebrain and Cerebellum

Dongmei Cheng, Casper C. Hoogenraad, A. John Rush et al. · Molecular & Cellular Proteomics · 2006 · 514 citations · Full text

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Authors

995

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    Robert Sealock

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    9 publications · 667 citations

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  2. JC
    Jean Cartaud

    Institut Jacques Monod, France

    8 publications · 504 citations

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  3. RS
    Ryuichi Shigemoto

    National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

    7 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. JR
    Joshua R. Sanes

    Harvard University, United States

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. SC
    Stanley C. Froehner

    University of Washington, United States

    7 publications · 824 citations

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Institutions

324

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    17 h-index

    57 publications

    12.9K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    36 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    9 h-index

    28 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    35 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 24 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 13 publications · 1K citations

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  4. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    14 publications · 964 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 12 publications · 1.8K citations

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