Actin and the agile spine: how and why do dendritic spines dance?

Rho GTPases and the Actin Cytoskeleton

1998 • 6,129 citations

Signaling Through Scaffold, Anchoring, and Adaptor Proteins

1997 • 2,268 citations

Calcium signaling

1995 • 1,905 citations

Dendritic spine changes associated with hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity

1999 • 1,694 citations

Naturally occurring fluctuation in dendritic spine density on adult hippocampal pyramidal neurons

1990 • 1,080 citations

Dendritic spines of CA 1 pyramidal cells in the rat hippocampus: serial electron microscopy with reference to their biophysical characteristics

1989 • 1,069 citations

Dendritic Spines: Cellular Specializations Imparting Both Stability and Flexibility to Synaptic Function

1994 • 970 citations

Rapid Actin-Based Plasticity in Dendritic Spines

1998 • 920 citations

Evidence for a Role of Dendritic Filopodia in Synaptogenesis and Spine Formation

1996 • 844 citations

Synaptogenesis Via Dendritic Filopodia in Developing Hippocampal Area CA1

1998 • 756 citations

The Dynamics of Dendritic Structure in Developing Hippocampal Slices

1996 • 611 citations

Competitive binding of α-actinin and calmodulin to the NMDA receptor

1997 • 591 citations

Role of Actin in Anchoring Postsynaptic Receptors in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Differential Attachment of NMDA versus AMPA Receptors

1998 • 557 citations

Transient and enduring morphological correlates of synaptic activity and efficacy change in the rat hippocampal slice

1984 • 531 citations

Dendritic Spine "Dysgenesis" and Mental Retardation

1974 • 520 citations

Analysis of neocortex in three males with the fragile X syndrome

1991 • 506 citations

Activity Regulates the Synaptic Localization of the NMDA Receptor in Hippocampal Neurons

1997 • 493 citations

Brief bursts of high-frequency stimulation produce two types of structural change in rat hippocampus.

1980 • 474 citations

The postsynaptic density at glutamatergic synapses

1997 • 474 citations

Imaging exocytosis and endocytosis

1996 • 451 citations

Long-lasting morphological changes in dendritic spines of dentate granular cells following stimulation of the entorhinal area

1977 • 450 citations

Developmental regulation of spine motility in the mammalian central nervous system

1999 • 422 citations

Regulation of F-Actin Stability in Dendritic Spines by Glutamate Receptors and Calcineurin

1998 • 405 citations

High actin concentrations in brain dendritic spines and postsynaptic densities.

1982 • 398 citations

A Role of Actin Filament in Synaptic Transmission and Long-Term Potentiation

1999 • 386 citations

Synaptic Vesicles and Exocytosis

1994 • 371 citations

Interaction of ion channels and receptors with PDZ domain proteins

1997 • 362 citations

Control of actin dynamics in cell motility

1997 • 337 citations

CaMKIIβ Functions As an F-Actin Targeting Module that Localizes CaMKIIα/β Heterooligomers to Dendritic Spines

1998 • 336 citations

PDZs and Receptor/Channel Clustering: Rounding Up the Latest Suspects

1996 • 322 citations

ERM proteins: head-to-tail regulation of actin-plasma membrane interaction

1997 • 312 citations

Cytoplasmic actin in neuronal processes as a possible mediator of synaptic plasticity.

1982 • 306 citations

Pyramidal cell abnormalities in the motor cortex of a child with Down's syndrome. A Golgi study

1976 • 283 citations

The Hippocampal‐Dentate Complex in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

1974 • 281 citations

Quantal analysis and synaptic anatomy — integrating two views of hippocampal plasticity

1993 • 280 citations

Synaptic correlates of associative potentiation/depression: an ultrastructural study in the hippocampus

1983 • 278 citations

Do dendritic spines twitch?

1982 • 254 citations

The dendritic spine: a multifunctional integrative unit

1996 • 227 citations

Mechanosensitivity of NMDA receptors in cultured mouse central neurons

1994 • 227 citations

Retrograde Signaling in the Development and Modification of Synapses

1998 • 227 citations

Cytoplasmic organization in cerebellar dendritic spines.

1983 • 215 citations

Spine Loss and Other Persistent Alterations of Hippocampal Pyramidal Cell Dendrites in a Model of Early-Onset Epilepsy

1998 • 204 citations

Control of Actin Assembly at Filament Ends

1995 • 202 citations

Actin monomer binding proteins

1995 • 202 citations

Change in the Shape of Dendritic Spines Caused by Overexpression of Drebrin in Cultured Cortical Neurons

1999 • 201 citations

Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines in the rat neostriatum

1983 • 197 citations

Stability in Synapse Number and Size at 2 Hr after Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Area CA1

1998 • 186 citations

Differential regional expression and ultrastructural localization of alpha-actinin-2, a putative NMDA receptor-anchoring protein, in rat brain.

1998 • 181 citations

Cytoskeletal reorganization underlying growth cone motility

1994 • 169 citations

Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Selective Adhesion and the Stabilization of Long-Term Potentiation: Pharmacological Studies and the Characterization of a Candidate Matrix Receptor

1997 • 168 citations

Differential Regional Expression and Ultrastructural Localization of α-Actinin-2, a Putative NMDA Receptor-Anchoring Protein, in Rat Brain

1998 • 153 citations

Isoform Specificity in the Relationship of Actin to Dendritic Spines

1997 • 152 citations

Cerebellar synaptogenesis: what we can learn from mutant mice

1990 • 141 citations

DEFINING ACTIN FILAMENT LENGTH IN STRIATED MUSCLE: Rulers and Caps or Dynamic Stability?

1998 • 140 citations

Reversible loss of dendritic spines and altered excitability after chronic epilepsy in hippocampal slice cultures.

1993 • 135 citations

Cytoskeletal dynamics in dendritic spines: direct modulation by glutamate receptors?

1999 • 131 citations

Volatile anesthetics block actin-based motility in dendritic spines

1999 • 131 citations

Organization and regulation of proteins at synapses

1999 • 130 citations

Actin in the nervous system

1985 • 129 citations

Integrins and Modulation of Transmitter Release from Motor Nerve Terminals by Stretch

1995 • 128 citations

Plasticity of the dendritic spine

1993 • 128 citations

Increase in proportion of hippocampal spine synapses expressing neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM180 following long-term potentiation

1998 • 116 citations

Rapid dendritic spine stem shortening during one-trial learning: The honeybee's first orientation flight

1982 • 115 citations

Immunocytochemical localization of actin in dendritic spines of the cerebral cortex using colloidal gold as a probe

1985 • 113 citations

Neocortical Dendritic Pathology in Human Partial Epilepsy: A Quantitative Golgi Study

1994 • 98 citations

Morphological alterations in dendritic spines of rat hippocampal neurons exposed to N-methyl-d-aspartate

1995 • 67 citations

Persistence of individual dendritic spines in living brain slices

1992 • 34 citations