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ATP Released by Astrocytes Mediates Glutamatergic Activity-Dependent Heterosynaptic Suppression by Zhang, Jing-ming, Wang, Hui-kun, Ye, Chang-quan, Ge, Wooping, Chen, Yiren, Jiang, Zheng-lin, Wu, Chien-ping, Poo, Mu-ming, Duan, Shumin

“…Extracellular ATP released from axons is known to assist activity-dependent signaling between neurons and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Here…”
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Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity of Neural Circuits by Dan, Yang, Poo, Mu-ming

“…Recent findings of spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) have stimulated much interest among experimentalists and theorists. Beyond the traditional…”
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Worldwide initiatives to advance brain research by Grillner, Sten, Ip, Nancy, Koch, Christof, Koroshetz, Walter, Okano, Hideyuki, Polachek, Miri, Poo, Mu-ming, Sejnowski, Terrence J

“…To highlight worldwide efforts to fund neuroscience research and address the growing threat of brain disorders, Nature Neuroscience asked leaders of six global…”
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Neurotrophins as synaptic modulators by Poo, Mu-ming

“…The role of neurotrophins as regulatory factors that mediate the differentiation and survival of neurons has been well described. More recent evidence…”
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LKB1/STRAD Promotes Axon Initiation During Neuronal Polarization by Shelly, Maya, Cancedda, Laura, Heilshorn, Sarah, Sumbre, Germán, Poo, Mu-ming

“…Axon/dendrite differentiation is a critical step in neuronal development. In cultured hippocampal neurons, the accumulation of LKB1 and STRAD, two interacting…”
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Shrinkage of Dendritic Spines Associated with Long-Term Depression of Hippocampal Synapses by Zhou, Qiang, Homma, Koichi J., Poo, Mu-ming

“…Activity-induced modification of neuronal connections is essential for the development of the nervous system and may also underlie learning and memory…”
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Essential role of filopodia in chemotropic turning of nerve growth cone induced by a glutamate gradient by Zheng, JQ, Wan, JJ, Poo, MM

“…Pathfinding of growing neurites depends on turning of the growth cone in response to extracellular cues. Motile filopodia of the growth cone are known to be…”
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A Selective Filter for Cytoplasmic Transport at the Axon Initial Segment by Song, Ai-hong, Wang, Dong, Chen, Gang, Li, Yuju, Luo, Jianhong, Duan, Shumin, Poo, Mu-ming

“…Distinct molecules are segregated into somatodendritic and axonal compartments of polarized neurons, but mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance…”
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Requirement of TRPC channels in netrin-1-induced chemotropic turning of nerve growth cones by Poo, Mu-ming, Wang, Gordon X

“…Ion channels formed by the TRP (transient receptor potential) superfamily of proteins act as sensors for temperature, osmolarity, mechanical stress and taste…”
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Repeated cocaine exposure in vivo facilitates LTP induction in midbrain dopamine neurons by Poo, Mu-ming, Pu, Lu, Liu, Qing-song

“…Drugs of abuse are known to cause persistent modification of neural circuits, leading to addictive behaviours. Changes in synaptic plasticity in dopamine…”
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Modulation of GABAergic transmission by activity via postsynaptic Ca2+-dependent regulation of KCC2 function by Fiumelli, Hubert, Cancedda, Laura, Poo, Mu-ming

“…Activity-induced modification of GABAergic transmission contributes to the plasticity of neural circuits. In the present work we found that prolonged…”
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Synaptic modification by correlated activity : Hebb's postulate revisited by BI, Guo-Qiang, POO, Mu-Ming

“…Correlated spiking of pre- and postsynaptic neurons can result in strengthening or weakening of synapses, depending on the temporal order of spiking. Recent…”
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Coincident Pre- and Postsynaptic Activity Modifies GABAergic Synapses by Postsynaptic Changes in Cl − Transporter Activity by Woodin, Melanie A, Ganguly, Karunesh, Poo, Mu-ming

“…Coincident pre- and postsynaptic activation is known to induce long-term modification of glutamatergic synapses. We report here that, in both hippocampal…”
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Synaptic Modifications in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Dependence on Spike Timing, Synaptic Strength, and Postsynaptic Cell Type by Bi, Guo-qiang, Poo, Mu-ming

“…In cultures of dissociated rat hippocampal neurons, persistent potentiation and depression of glutamatergic synapses were induced by correlated spiking of…”
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The neurotrophin hypothesis for synaptic plasticity by Schinder, Alejandro F, Poo, Mu-ming

“…The neurotrophin hypothesis proposes that neurotrophins participate in activity-induced modification of synaptic transmission. Increasingly, evidence indicates…”
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Asymmetric modulation of cytosolic cAMP activity induces growth cone turning by Lohof, AM, Quillan, M, Dan, Y, Poo, MM

“…The possible role of cyclic nucleotides as second messengers mediating growth cone turning was studied by producing an asymmetric distribution of cyclic…”
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Electrical activity and development of neural circuits by Zhang, L I, Poo, M M

“…A distinct feature of the nervous system is the intricate network of synaptic connections among neurons of diverse phenotypes. Although initial connections are…”
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BDNF-dependent synaptic sensitization in midbrain dopamine neurons after cocaine withdrawal by Poo, Mu-ming, Pu, Lu, Liu, Qing-song

“…The neural mechanism underlying the relapse to drug use after drug withdrawal is largely unknown. We found that after withdrawal from repeated cocaine…”
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Overexpression of synaptophysin enhances neurotransmitter secretion at Xenopus neuromuscular synapses by Alder, J, Kanki, H, Valtorta, F, Greengard, P, Poo, MM

“…Previous studies have suggested the importance of synaptophysin (p38), a major integral membrane protein of the synaptic vesicle, in transmitter secretion, but…”
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Cyclic AMP/GMP-dependent modulation of Ca2+ channels sets the polarity of nerve growth-cone turning by NISHIYAMA, Makoto, HOSHINO, Akemi, TSAI, Lily, HENLEY, John R, GOSHIMA, Yoshio, TESSIER-LAVIGNE, Marc, POO, Mu-Ming, HONG, Kyonsoo

“…Signalling by intracellular second messengers such as cyclic nucleotides and Ca2+ is known to regulate attractive and repulsive guidance of axons by…”
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