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Depolarization drives beta-Catenin into neuronal spines promoting changes in synaptic structure and function.
Neuron - 3 Jul 2002
Murase Sachiko, Mosser Eric, Schuman Erin M
Abstract excerpt
Activity-induced changes in adhesion molecules may coordinate presynaptic and postsynaptic plasticity. Here, we demonstrate that beta-catenin, which mediates interactions between cadherins and the actin cytoskeleton, moves from dendritic shafts into spines upon depolarization, increasing its association with cadherins. beta-catenin's redistribution was mimicked or prevented by a tyrosine kinase or phosphatase...
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