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Neuropeptidergic integration of behavior in Trichoplax adhaerens , an animal without synapses by Senatore, Adriano, Reese, Thomas S, Smith, Carolyn L

“…is a flat, millimeter-sized marine animal that adheres to surfaces and grazes on algae. displays a repertoire of different feeding behaviors despite the…”
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PSD-95 family MAGUKs are essential for anchoring AMPA and NMDA receptor complexes at the postsynaptic density by Chen, Xiaobing, Levy, Jonathan M., Hou, Austin, Winters, Christine, Azzam, Rita, Sousa, Alioscka A., Leapman, Richard D., Nicoll, Roger A., Reese, Thomas S.

“…The postsynaptic density (PSD)-95 family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs) are major scaffolding proteins at the PSD in glutamatergic…”
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Synaptic Consolidation Normalizes AMPAR Quantal Size following MAGUK Loss by Levy, Jonathan M., Chen, Xiaobing, Reese, Thomas S., Nicoll, Roger A.

“…The mechanisms controlling synapse growth and maintenance are of critical importance for learning and memory. The MAGUK family of synaptic scaffolding proteins…”
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Coordinated Feeding Behavior in Trichoplax, an Animal without Synapses by Smith, Carolyn L, Pivovarova, Natalia, Reese, Thomas S

“…Trichoplax is a small disk-shaped marine metazoan that adheres to substrates and locomotes by ciliary gliding. Despite having only six cell types and lacking…”
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Novel Cell Types, Neurosecretory Cells, and Body Plan of the Early-Diverging Metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens by Smith, Carolyn L., Varoqueaux, Frédérique, Kittelmann, Maike, Azzam, Rita N., Cooper, Benjamin, Winters, Christine A., Eitel, Michael, Fasshauer, Dirk, Reese, Thomas S.

“…Trichoplax adhaerens is the best-known member of the phylum Placozoa, one of the earliest-diverging metazoan phyla. It is a small disk-shaped animal that…”
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PSD-95 is required to sustain the molecular organization of the postsynaptic density by Chen, Xiaobing, Nelson, Christopher D, Li, Xiang, Winters, Christine A, Azzam, Rita, Sousa, Alioscka A, Leapman, Richard D, Gainer, Harold, Sheng, Morgan, Reese, Thomas S

“…PSD-95, a membrane-associated guanylate kinase, is the major scaffolding protein in the excitatory postsynaptic density (PSD) and a potent regulator of…”
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A Network of Three Types of Filaments Organizes Synaptic Vesicles for Storage, Mobilization, and Docking by Cole, Andy A, Chen, Xiaobing, Reese, Thomas S

“…Synaptic transmission between neurons requires precise management of synaptic vesicles. While individual molecular components of the presynaptic terminal are…”
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Palmitoylation regulates glutamate receptor distributions in postsynaptic densities through control of PSD95 conformation and orientation by Jeyifous, Okunola, Lin, Eric I., Chen, Xiaobing, Antinone, Sarah E., Mastro, Ryan, Drisdel, Renaldo, Reese, Thomas S., Green, William N.

“…Postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) and synapse-associated protein 97 (SAP97) are homologous scaffold proteins with different N-terminal domains,…”
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Differential distribution of Shank and GKAP at the postsynaptic density by Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa, Yang, Yijung, Reese, Thomas S, Dosemeci, Ayse

“…Shank and GKAP are scaffold proteins and binding partners at the postsynaptic density (PSD). The distribution and dynamics of Shank and GKAP were studied in…”
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Cryo-EM tomography and automatic segmentation delineate modular structures in the postsynaptic density by Jung, Jae Hoon, Chen, Xiaobing, Reese, Thomas S

“…Postsynaptic densities (PSDs) are large protein complexes associated with the postsynaptic membrane of excitatory synapses important for synaptic function…”
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Zinc Stabilizes Shank3 at the Postsynaptic Density of Hippocampal Synapses by Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa, Toy, Dana, Winters, Christine A, Reese, Thomas S, Dosemeci, Ayse

“…Shank3 is a postsynaptic density (PSD) scaffold protein of the Shank family. Here we use pre-embedding immunogold electron microscopy to investigate factors…”
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Placozoan fiber cells: mediators of innate immunity and participants in wound healing by Mayorova, Tatiana D., Hammar, Katherine, Jung, Jae H., Aronova, Maria A., Zhang, Guofeng, Winters, Christine A., Reese, Thomas S., Smith, Carolyn L.

“…Placozoa is a phylum of non-bilaterian marine animals. These small, flat organisms adhere to the substrate via their densely ciliated ventral epithelium, which…”
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Cells containing aragonite crystals mediate responses to gravity in Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa), an animal lacking neurons and synapses by Mayorova, Tatiana D, Smith, Carolyn L, Hammar, Katherine, Winters, Christine A, Pivovarova, Natalia B, Aronova, Maria A, Leapman, Richard D, Reese, Thomas S

“…Trichoplax adhaerens has only six cell types. The function as well as the structure of crystal cells, the least numerous cell type, presented an enigma…”
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Organization of the Core Structure of the Postsynaptic Density by Chen, Xiaobing, Winters, Christine, Azzam, Rita, Li, Xiang, Galbraith, James A., Leapman, Richard D., Reese, Thomas S.

“…Much is known about the composition and function of the postsynaptic density (PSD), but less is known about its molecular organization. We use EM tomography to…”
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The Postsynaptic Density: There Is More than Meets the Eye by Dosemeci, Ayse, Weinberg, Richard J, Reese, Thomas S, Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa

“…The postsynaptic density (PSD), apparent in electron micrographs as a dense lamina just beneath the postsynaptic membrane, includes a deeper layer, the…”
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Distribution of densin in neurons by Dosemeci, Ayse, Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa, Loo, Hannah, Reese, Thomas S

“…Densin is a scaffold protein known to associate with key elements of neuronal signaling. The present study examines the distribution of densin at the…”
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Camkii-mediated phosphorylation regulates distributions of Syngap-α1 and -α2 at the postsynaptic density by Yang, Yijung, Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa, Bayer, K Ulrich, Reese, Thomas S, Dosemeci, Ayse

“…SynGAP, a protein abundant at the postsynaptic density (PSD) of glutamatergic neurons, is known to modulate synaptic strength by regulating the incorporation…”
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The ventral epithelium of Trichoplax adhaerens deploys in distinct patterns cells that secrete digestive enzymes, mucus or diverse neuropeptides by Mayorova, Tatiana D, Hammar, Katherine, Winters, Christine A, Reese, Thomas S, Smith, Carolyn L

“…The disk-shaped millimeter-sized marine animal, , is notable because of its small number of cell types and primitive mode of feeding. It glides on substrates…”
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Modification of the synaptic cleft under excitatory conditions by Tao-Cheng, Jung-Hwa, Moreira, Sandra L., Winters, Christine A., Reese, Thomas S., Dosemeci, Ayse

“…The synaptic cleft is the extracellular part of the synapse, bridging the pre- and postsynaptic membranes. The geometry and molecular organization of the cleft…”
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Palmitoylation of A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 modulates its nanoscale organization, trafficking, and mobility in postsynaptic spines by Chen, Xiaobing, Crosby, Kevin C., Feng, Austin, Purkey, Alicia M., Aronova, Maria A., Winters, Christine A., Crocker, Virginia T., Leapman, Richard D., Reese, Thomas S., Dell’Acqua, Mark L.

“…A-kinase anchoring protein 79-human/150-rodent (AKAP79/150) organizes signaling proteins to control synaptic plasticity. AKAP79/150 associates with the plasma…”
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