| Literature DB >> 17660813 |
Mohammad Reza Hojjati1, Geeske M van Woerden, William J Tyler, Karl Peter Giese, Alcino J Silva, Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ype Elgersma.
Abstract
Using targeted mouse mutants and pharmacologic inhibition of alphaCaMKII, we demonstrate that the alphaCaMKII protein, but not its activation, autophosphorylation or its ability to phosphorylate synapsin I, is required for normal short-term presynaptic plasticity. Furthermore, alphaCaMKII regulates the number of docked vesicles independent of its ability to be activated. These results indicate that alphaCaMKII has a nonenzymatic role in short-term presynaptic plasticity at hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17660813 PMCID: PMC2804046 DOI: 10.1038/nn1946
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884