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Homer1a drives homeostatic scaling-down of excitatory synapses during sleep

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The postsynaptic density proteins Homer and Shank form a polymeric network structure

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Inhibition of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis and Synaptic Transmission by Activity-Inducible Protein Homer1a

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Dynamin 3 is a component of the postsynapse, where it interacts with mGluR5 and Homer

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A reduced number of metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 receptors are associated with constitutive homer proteins in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

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Scaffold Proteins at the Postsynaptic Density

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