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SUBMITTER: Hammond RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2665045 | biostudies-other | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hammond Rebecca S RS Lin Lin L Sidorov Michael S MS Wikenheiser Andrew M AM Hoffman Dax A DA
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20080701 30
The A-type potassium channel subunit Kv4.2 influences hippocampal function through regulation of dendritic excitability, and changes in Kv4.2 surface expression alter synaptic plasticity. Recent data from our laboratory demonstrate that EGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein)-tagged Kv4.2 channels located in dendritic spines are internalized in an activity-dependent manner after synaptic stimulation and during chemically induced long-term potentiation. However, the molecular trigger for Kv4.2 ...[more]