Ectopic Release of Synaptic Vesicles

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Benzothiadiazides inhibit rapid glutamate receptor desensitization and enhance glutamatergic synaptic currents

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Calcium-Permeable AMPA-Kainate Receptors in Fusiform Cerebellar Glial Cells

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Ectopic release sites lack fast vesicle recycling mechanisms, causing long‐term depression of neuron‐glial transmission in rat cerebellum

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Glutamatergic inputs and glutamate-releasing immature inhibitory inputs activate a shared postsynaptic receptor population in lateral superior olive

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Oxygen and Glucose Deprivation Induces Bergmann Glia Membrane Depolarization and Ca2+ Rises Mainly Mediated by K+ and ATP Increases in the Extracellular Space

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Ectopic release of glutamate contributes to spillover at parallel fibre synapses in the cerebellum

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AMPA receptor activation controls type I metabotropic glutamate receptor signalling via a tyrosine kinase at parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapses

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Astrocytic determinant of the fate of long‐term memory

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Glial tone of aggression

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Early network activity propagates bidirectionally between hippocampus and cortex

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Caffeine Modulates Vesicle Release and Recovery at Cerebellar Parallel Fibre Terminals, Independently of Calcium and Cyclic AMP Signalling

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Granule Cells Constitute One of the Major Neuronal Subtypes in the Molecular Layer of the Posterior Cerebellum

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Brefeldin A sensitive mechanisms contribute to endocytotic membrane retrieval and vesicle recycling in cerebellar granule cells

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Rapid ‘multi-directed’ cholinergic transmission at central synapsesPreprint

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Plastic vasomotion entrainment

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.3 · Cited by 6

Axonal neurotransmitter release in the regulation of myelination

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Acid‐Sensing PAC Channel Promotes Astrocyte Acidosis in Ischemic Stroke

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Plasticity in oligodendrocyte lineage progression: An OPC puzzle on our nerves

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Afferent convergence to a shared population of interneuron AMPA receptors

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Localization of Presynaptic Plasticity Mechanisms Enables Functional Independence of Synaptic and Ectopic Transmission in the Cerebellum

Dobson, K. L., & Bellamy, T. C. (2015) · Neural Plasticity · doi:10.1155/2015/602356 · Cited by 5

Glial Control of Synaptogenesis

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Characterization of neuronal viability and network activity under microfluidic flow

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The significance of cerebellar contributions in early-life through aging

Verpeut, J. L., & Oostland, M. (2024) · Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncom.2024.1449364 · Cited by 5

Plastic vasomotion entrainment

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721 · Cited by 11

A Monte Carlo simulation dissecting quantal release at the calyx of Held

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Synaptic Multivesicular Release in the Cerebellar Cortex: Its Mechanism and Role in Neural Encoding and Processing

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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN A NUCLEAR ROCKET NOZZLE

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Depolarization-induced bursts of miniature synaptic currents in individual synapses of developing cerebellum

Guellec, B. L., Gomez, L. C., Malagón, G., Collin, T., & Marty, A. (2023) · The Journal of General Physiology · doi:10.1085/jgp.202213212 · Cited by 2

Monte Carlo Places Strong Odds on Ectopic Release

Lučić, V., & Baumeister, W. P. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1115632 · Cited by 2

Exocytic Release of Glutamate from Astrocytes: Comparison to Neurons

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Conventional Synapses for Unconventional Cells

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Energy paradox in REM sleep: balancing supply and consumption in brain metabolism

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Chapter 1.3 Insights into glutamate physiology: contribution of studies utilizing in vivo microdialysis

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Distribution of vesicle pools in cerebellar parallel fibre terminals after depression of ectopic transmission

Dobson, K. L., Smith, Z. H., & Bellamy, T. C. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200937 · Cited by 1

SHORT COMMUNICATION Long-term depression of neuron to glial signalling in rat cerebellar cortex

Bellamy, T. C., & Ogden, D. (2006) · Cited by 1

Plastic vasomotion entrainmentPreprint

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.1 · Cited by 1

Characterization of GABAergic projection from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens: Effects of dopamine and cocaine

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Autonomic Nervous System Transmission

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DerivingtheGlutamateClearanceTimeCoursefrom TransporterCurrentsinCA1HippocampalAstrocytes: TransmitterUptakeGetsFasterduringDevelopment

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STUDYING AGGREGATE FORMATION BY AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS-ASSOCIATED MUTANT SOD1 PROTEIN IN DROSOPHILA MODEL

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Casting Light on the Role of Glial Cells in Brain Function

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Challenging the Dogma: Reevaluating the Role of Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in Physiology

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Synaptic regulation by astrocytes

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Glutamate diffusion and AMPA receptor activation in the cerebellar glomerulus

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Synaptic vesicle cycle at nano-resolution

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Extending the Use of Optogenetics Beyond Neuroscience

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Thresholding of sensory inputs by extrasynaptic glutamate receptors in olfactory bulb glomeruliPreprint

Gire, D. H., Zak, J. D., Bourne, J. N., Goodson, N., Lynch, B. E., Dulla, C. G., & Schoppa, N. E. (2018) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/341958

Dendritic neurotransmitter release and its modulation in accessory olfactory bulb circuits

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Open syntaxin docks synaptic vesicles.

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The Neuroscientist Comments

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Plastic vasomotion entrainmentPreprint

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.11.20.567853

Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Plastic vasomotion entrainment

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., et al. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.1.sa2

Reviewer #3 (Public Review): Plastic vasomotion entrainment

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., et al. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.1.sa0

Author Response: Plastic vasomotion entrainment

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.1.sa4

Plastic vasomotion entrainmentPreprint

Sasaki, D., Imai, K., Ikoma, Y., & Matsui, K. (2024) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.93721.2

Ultrastructural Contributions to Extrasynaptic Glutamatergic Signaling in Olfactory Bulb Glomeruli

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Neurons and Glia Cells: Some Mention of their General Interrelationships

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Differential Control of Synaptic and Ectopic Vesicular Release of Glutamate

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The concentration of synaptically released glutamate outside of the climbing fiber-Purkinje cell synaptic cleft

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Distribution of vesicle pools in cerebellar parallel fibre terminals after depression of ectopic transmission

Dobson, K. L., Smith, Z. H., & Bellamy, T. C. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200937 · Cited by 1

Ectopic release sites lack fast vesicle recycling mechanisms, causing long‐term depression of neuron‐glial transmission in rat cerebellum

Balakrishnan, S., Jackson, C. L. M., Russell, N. A., & Bellamy, T. C. (2010) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.21078 · Cited by 12

Multivesicular Release at Climbing Fiber-Purkinje Cell Synapses

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