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Presynaptic activity and CaMKII modulate retrograde semaphorin signaling and synaptic refinement.
Neuron - 6 Oct 2010
Carrillo Robert A, Olsen Douglas P, Yoon Kenneth S, Keshishian Haig
Abstract excerpt
Establishing synaptic connections often involves the activity-dependent withdrawal of off-target contacts. We describe an in vivo role for temporally patterned electrical activity, voltage-gated calcium channels, and CaMKII in modulating the response of Drosophila motoneurons to the chemorepellent Sema-2a during synaptic refinement. Mutations affecting the Sema-2a ligand, the plexin B receptor (plexB), the...
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