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Synaptic Ribbon Function

Synaptic Ribbon Function is a specialized presynaptic organelle-mediated mechanism in photoreceptor cells that enhances the efficiency, precision, and sustained release of neurotransmitters at synapses by structurally organizing synaptic vesicles and facilitating their rapid docking and fusion in response to graded membrane potential changes.

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2017–2026

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Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse

Isabelle Roux, Saaïd Safieddine, Régis Nouvian et al. · Cell · 2006 · 742 citations · Full text

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The Presynaptic Active Zone Protein Bassoon Is Essential for Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapse Formation in the Retina

Oliver Dick, Susanne tom Dieck, Wilko Detlef Altrock et al. · Neuron · 2003 · 467 citations · Full text

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Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3 Is Required for Synaptic Transmission in Zebrafish Hair Cells

Nikolaus D. Obholzer, Sean N. Wolfson, Josef G. Trapani et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2008 · 336 citations · Full text

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Evidence That Vesicles on the Synaptic Ribbon of Retinal Bipolar Neurons Can Be Rapidly Released

Henrique von Gersdorff, Eilat Vardi, Gary Matthews et al. · Neuron · 1996 · 306 citations · Full text

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Bassoon and the Synaptic Ribbon Organize Ca2+ Channels and Vesicles to Add Release Sites and Promote Refilling

Thomas Frank, Mark A. Rutherford, Nicola Strenzke et al. · Neuron · 2010 · 299 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Frank Schmitz

    Saarland University, Germany

    12 publications · 538 citations

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    Gary Matthews

    Stony Brook University, United States

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. TM
    Tobias Moser

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. LV
    Lutz Vollrath

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    7 publications · 175 citations

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  5. ED
    Eckart D. Gundelfinger

    Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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Institutions

166

  1. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Saarland University

    Saarbrücken, Germany

    10 h-index

    44 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. Vollum Institute

    Portland, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

    Magdeburg, Germany

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    3K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    25 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Neuron

    8 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Cell and Tissue Research

    7 publications · 162 citations

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  4. eLife

    6 publications · 445 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 155 citations

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