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SUBMITTER: Rose J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2677100 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rose Jacqueline J Jin Shan-Xue SX Craig Ann Marie AM
Neuron 20090201 3
Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a key mediator of synaptic plasticity and learning. Global pyramidal cell glutamate stimulation induces translocation of CaMKII from dendritic shafts to spines. Here we show that local dendritic stimulation by puffing glutamate onto a region containing 7-32 synapses induces translocation of CaMKII to synapses initially at the puff site but that translocation subsequently spreads within dendrites to the distal dendrite arbor, resulting in ...[more]