Elevation in presynaptic Ca2+ level accompanying initial nerve-muscle contact in tissue culture

A new generation of Ca2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties.

1985 • 21,873 citations

Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches

1981 • 18,584 citations

Fluorescent indicators for cytosolic calcium based on rhodamine and fluorescein chromophores

1989 • 1,616 citations

Proteoglycans as modulators of growth factor activities

1991 • 1,338 citations

The release of neural transmitter substances

1969 • 1,134 citations

Expression of a dominant negative mutant of the FGF receptor disrupts mesoderm formation in xenopus embryos

1991 • 1,103 citations

Microdomains of High Calcium Concentration in a Presynaptic Terminal

1992 • 837 citations

Calcium Action in Synaptic Transmitter Release

1987 • 742 citations

The release of neural transmitter substances

1970 • 685 citations

Calcium gradients in single smooth muscle cells revealed by the digital imaging microscope using Fura-2

1985 • 660 citations

The Agrin Hypothesis

1990 • 637 citations

A dual receptor system is required for basic fibroblast growth factor activity

1991 • 589 citations

Calcium regulation of the neuronal growth cone

1988 • 581 citations

Distribution of basic fibroblast growth factor in the 18-day rat fetus: localization in the basement membranes of diverse tissues.

1990 • 533 citations

Cortical rotation of the Xenopus egg: consequences for the anteroposterior pattern of embryonic dorsal development

1989 • 418 citations

Suramin inhibition of growth factor receptor binding and mitogenicity in AKR‐2B cells

1987 • 387 citations

Distribution of N-CAM in synaptic and extrasynaptic portions of developing and adult skeletal muscle.

1986 • 307 citations

Three-dimensional structure of human basic fibroblast growth factor.

1991 • 285 citations

Mesoderm induction and mesoderm-inducing factors in early amphibian development

1989 • 274 citations

Developmental biology of a neural cell adhesion molecule

1984 • 271 citations

Efficient reversion of simian sarcoma virus-transformation and inhibition of growth factor-induced mitogenesis by suramin.

1986 • 270 citations

Fibroblast Growth Factor in the Extracellular Matrix of Dystrophic (mdx) Mouse Muscle

1989 • 263 citations

Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Guidance

1991 • 263 citations

Development of the myotomal neuromuscular junction in Xenopus laevis: An electrophysiological and fine-structural study

1977 • 253 citations

Distinct roles for adhesion molecules during innervation of embryonic chick muscle

1988 • 219 citations

Multiple influences of a heparin-binding growth factor on neuronal development.

1987 • 212 citations

Initial events in the formation of neuromuscular synapse: rapid induction of acetylcholine release from embryonic neuron.

1986 • 189 citations

Epidermal growth factor activates calcium channels by phospholipase A25-lipoxygenase-mediated leukotriene C4 production

1992 • 179 citations

Calcium-induced release of calcium regulates differentiation of cultured spinal neurons

1991 • 175 citations

Studies of nerve-muscle interactions in Xenopus cell culture: analysis of early synaptic currents

1989 • 166 citations

Rapid turnover of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor in sis-transformed cells and reversal by suramin. Implications for the mechanism of autocrine transformation.

1988 • 147 citations

Spontaneous calcium influx and its roles in differentiation of spinal neurons in culture

1990 • 135 citations

Studies of nerve-muscle interactions in Xenopus cell culture: fine structure of early functional contacts

1989 • 128 citations

Secretion and biological activities of heparin-binding growth-associated molecule. Neurite outgrowth-promoting and mitogenic actions of the recombinant and tissue-derived protein.

1992 • 118 citations

Induction of synaptic development in cultured muscle cells by basic fibroblast growth factor

1991 • 116 citations

Modulation of calcium channels in human retinal glial cells by basic fibroblast growth factor: a possible role in retinal pathobiology

1991 • 103 citations

Epidermal growth factor-activated calcium and potassium channels.

1991 • 97 citations

A role for proteoglycans in the guidance of a subset of pioneer axons in cultured embryos of the cockroach

1992 • 92 citations

Localization of acetylcholine receptors and synaptic ultrastructure at nerve-muscle contacts in culture: dependence on nerve type

1980 • 86 citations

Fibroblast growth factor during mesoderm induction in the early chick embryo

1990 • 85 citations

The development of functional neuromuscular junctionsin vitro: An ultrastructural and physiological study

1980 • 85 citations

Acetylcholine receptor aggregation parallels the deposition of a basal lamina proteoglycan during development of the neuromuscular junction.

1984 • 83 citations

Axon guidance during reinnervation of skeletal muscle

1985 • 81 citations

Initial synaptic transmission at the growth cone in Xenopus nerve-muscle cultures.

1982 • 78 citations

The absence of calcium blocks impulse-evoked release of acetylcholine but not de novo formation of functional neuromuscular synaptic contacts in culture

1984 • 67 citations

Structure and physiology of developing neuromuscular synapses in culture

1987 • 65 citations

Chapter 26 Tissue Culture of Xenopus Neurons and Muscle Cells as a Model for Studying Synaptic Induction

1991 • 58 citations

Nerve-induced remodeling of muscle basal lamina during synaptogenesis.

1986 • 52 citations

A calcium-activated, calcium-permeable ion channel in human retinal glial cells: modulation by basic fibroblast growth factor

1991 • 47 citations

Heparin and heparan sulfate partially inhibit induction of acetylcholine receptor accumulation by nerve in Xenopus culture

1989 • 36 citations

Induction of acetylcholine receptor clustering by native polystyrene beads Implication of an endogenous muscle-derived signalling system

1992 • 32 citations

Voltage‐gated calcium currents in cultured embryonic Xenopus spinal neurones.

1991 • 30 citations

Development of presynaptic specializations induced by basic polypeptide‐coated latex beads in spinal cord cultures

1987 • 27 citations

Patterns of N-CAM expression during myogenesis in Xenopus laevis

1988 • 19 citations

The Neuromuscular Junction Revisited: Ca2+ Channels and Transmitter Release in Cholinergic Neurones in Xenopus Nerve and Muscle Cell Culture

1990 • 13 citations