An improved method for the preparation of synaptosomal fractions in high purity

The isolation of nerve endings from brain: an electron-microscopic study of cell fragments derived by homogenization and centrifugation.

E. G. Gray, V. P. Whittaker · PubMed · 1962 · 2.5K citations

Neuroregeneration, Developmental Biology, Neurophysiology +12

The separation of synaptic vesicles from nerve-ending particles (‘synaptosomes’)

VP Whittaker, I.Arthur Michaelson, R.J. Kirkland · Biochemical Journal · 1964 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Protein Secretion, Synaptic Transmission, Molecular Biology +24

Synaptic plasma membranes from rat brain synaptosomes: Isolation and partial characterization

Carl W. Cotman, Dee Ann Matthews · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · 1971 · 635 citations

Synaptic Plasticity, Molecular Neuroscience, Rat Brain Synaptosomes +13

Biochemical studies of synapses in vitro. I. Protein synthesis

Lucila A. Autilio, Stanley H. Appel, P. Pettis et al. · Biochemistry · 1968 · 225 citations

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Altmetric Attention Score +18

The morphology of fractions of rat forebrain synaptosomes separated on continuous sucrose density gradients

V. P. Whittaker · Biochemical Journal · 1968 · 131 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Neurotransmission +21