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2023
- Metzbower, S. R., Dharmasri, P. A., Levy, A. D., Anderson, M. C., & Blanpied, T. A. (2023). Distinct SAP102 and PSD-95 nano-organization defines multiple types of synaptic scaffold protein domains at single synapses. BioRxiv
- Dharmasri, P. A., Levy, A. D., & Blanpied, T. A. (2023). Differential nanoscale organization of excitatory synapses onto excitatory vs inhibitory neurons. BioRxiv
2022
- Chen, X., Kuner, T., & Blanpied, T. A. (2022). Editorial: Quantifying and controlling the nano-architecture of neuronal synapses. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 14, 1024073.
- Dean, C. A., Metzbower, S. R., Dessain, S. K., Blanpied, T. A., & Benavides, D. R. (2022). Regulation of NMDA receptor signaling at single synapses by human anti-NMDA receptor antibodies. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 0, 357.
- Sarkar, D., Kang, J., Wassie, A.T. et al. Revealing nanostructures in brain tissue via protein decrowding by iterative expansion microscopy. Nat. Biomed. Eng 6, 1057–1073 (2022).
2021
- Ramsey, A. M., Tang, A. H., LeGates, T. A., Gou, X. Z., Carbone, B. E., Thompson, S. M., Biederer, T., & Blanpied, T. A. (2021). Subsynaptic positioning of AMPARs by LRRTM2 controls synaptic strength. Science Advances, 7(34).
- Tran, P. D., Blanpied, T. A., & Atzberger, P. J. (2021). Drift-Diffusion Dynamics and Phase Separation in Curved Cell Membranes and Dendritic Spines: Hybrid Discrete-Continuum Methods. 1–13.
2020
- Chen, J. H., Blanpied, T. A., & Tang, A. H. (2020). Quantification of trans-synaptic protein alignment: A data analysis case for single-molecule localization microscopy. Methods, 174, 72–80.
- Held, R. G., Liu, C., Ma, K., Ramsey, A. M., Tarr, T. B., De Nola, G., Wang, S. S. H., Wang, J., van den Maagdenberg, A. M. J. M., Schneider, T., Sun, J., Blanpied, T. A., & Kaeser, P. S. (2020). Synapse and active zone assembly in the absence of presynaptic Ca. Neuron, 107(4), 667-683.e669.
2019
- Metzbower, S. R., Joo, Y., Benavides, D. R., & Blanpied, T. A. (2019). Properties of Individual Hippocampal Synapses Influencing NMDA-Receptor Activation by Spontaneous Neurotransmission. ENeuro, 6(3).
- Scheefhals, N., Catsburg, L. A. E., Westerveld, M. L., Blanpied, T. A., Hoogenraad, C. C., & MacGillavry, H. D. (2019). Shank Proteins Couple the Endocytic Zone to the Postsynaptic Density to Control Trafficking and Signaling of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5. Cell Reports, 29(2), 258-269.e8.
2018
- Divakaruni SS, Van Dyke AM, Chandra R, LeGates TA, Contreras M, Dharmasri PA, Higgs HN, Lobo MK, Thompson SM, and Blanpied TA (2018). Long-Term Potentiation Requires a Rapid Burst of Dendritic Mitochondrial Fission during Induction. Neuron 100: in press.
- Chen H, Tang AH, Blanpied TA (2018). Subsynaptic spatial organization as a regulator of synaptic strength and plasticity. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 51:147-153
- Tchantchou F, Puche AA, Leiste U, Fourney W, Blanpied TA, Fiskum G. (2018) Rat Model of Brain Injury to Occupants of Vehicles Targeted by Land Mines: Mitigation by Elastomeric Frame Designs. J Neurotrauma. 35:1192-1203
- Cijsouw, T., Ramsey, A. M., Lam, T. T., Carbone, B. E., Blanpied, T. A., & Biederer, T. (2018). Mapping the Proteome of the Synaptic Cleft through Proximity Labeling Reveals New Cleft Proteins. https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes6040048
2017
- Biederer T, Kaeser P, Blanpied TA (2017) Transcellular nanoalignment of synaptic function. Neuron, 96: 680-96.
- Mengistu M, Tang AH, Foulke JS, Blanpied TA, Gonsalez MW, Spouge JL, Gallo RC, Lewis GK, DeVico AL (2017) Patterns of Conserved gp120 Epitope Presentation on Attached HIV-1 Virions. Proc Natl. Acad Sci, 114:E9893-E9902.
- Francis TC, Chandra R, Gaynor A, Konkalmatt P, Metzbower SR, Evans B, Engeln M, Blanpied TA and Lobo MK (2017). Molecular basis of dendritic atrophy and activity in stress susceptibility. Mol Psychiatry, 22: 1512-19.
2016
- Tang A*, Chen H*, Li TP, Metzbower SR, MacGillavry HD, Blanpied TA (2016) A trans-synaptic nanocolumn aligns neurotransmitter release with receptors. Nature, 536: 210-14.
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- Li TP, Song Y, MacGillavry HD, Blanpied TA, Raghavachari S. (2016) Protein Crowding within the Postsynaptic Density Can Impede the Escape of Membrane Proteins. J Neurosci 36(15):4276-95.
- Li TP and Blanpied TA. (2016) Control of Transmembrane Protein Diffusion within the Postsynaptic Density Assessed by Simultaneous Single-Molecule Tracking and Localization Microscopy. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 8: 8-22-16.
2015
- MacGillavry HD, Kerr JM, Kassner J, Frost NA, Blanpied TA. (2015) Shank-cortactin interactions control actin dynamics to maintain flexibility of neuronal spines and synapses. Eur J Neurosci 43(2):179-93.
- Perez de Arce K, Schrod N, Metzbower SR, Kong G K-W, Tang A, Krupp AJ, Stein V, Liu X, Blanpied TA, Lucic V and Biederer T. (2015) Topographic Mapping of the Synaptic Cleft into Adhesive Nanodomains. Neuron 88(6): 1165–1172.
- MacGillavry HD, Kerr JM, Kassner J, Frost NA, Blanpied TA. (2015) Shank-cortactin interactions control actin dynamics to maintain flexibility of neuronal spines and synapses. Eur J Neurosci DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13129.
- Kim K, Lakhanpal G, Lu HE, Khan M, Suzuki A, Kato-Hayashi M, Narayanan R, Luyben TT, Matsuda T, Nagai T, Blanpied TA, Hayashi Y, Okamoto K. (2015) A Temporary Gating of Actin Remodeling during Synaptic Plasticity Consists of the Interplay between the Kinase and Structural Functions of CaMKII. Neuron 87(4): 813-26.
- Yu D, Makkar G, Strickland DK, Blanpied TA, Stumpo DJ, Blackshear PJ, Sarkar R, Monahan TS. (2015) Myristoylated Alanine-Rich Protein Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) Regulates Small GTPase Rac1 and Cdc42 Activity and Is a Critical Mediator of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration in Intimal Hyperplasia Formation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Oct 8;4(10). pii: e002255
2014 and beyond
- Jensen, C.S., Watanabe, S., Rasmussen, H.B., Schmitt, N, Olesen, S-P., Frost, N.A., Blanpied, T.A. and Misonou, H. (2014) Specific sorting and post-Golgi trafficking of dendritic potassium channels in living neurons. J Biol Chem 289:10566-81.
- Valenzuela JI, Jaureguiberry-Bravo M, Salas DA, Ramírez OA, Cornejo VH, Lu HE, Blanpied T.A., and Couve A (2014) Transport along the dendritic endoplasmic reticulum defines the trafficking modality for GABAB receptors. J Cell Sci 127:3382-95.
- MacGillavry, H.D., Song, Y., Raghavachari, S., and Blanpied T.A. (2013) Nanoscale scaffolding domains within the postsynaptic density concentrate synaptic AMPA receptors. Neuron. 78: 615-22.
- Kerr, J.M. and Blanpied T.A. (2012) Subsynaptic AMPA receptor distribution is acutely regulated by actin-driven reorganization of the postsynaptic density. J. Neurosci. 32: 658-73.
- Frost NA, Lu HE, Blanpied T.A. (2012) Optimization of cell morphology measurement via single-molecule tracking PALM. PLoS One 7(5):e36751
- Lieberman JA, Frost NA, Hoppert M, Fernandes PJ, Vogt SL, Raivio TL, Blanpied T.A., Donnenberg MS (2012) Outer Membrane Targeting, Ultrastructure, and Single Molecule Localization of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type IV Pilus Secretin BfpB. J Bacteriol. 194: 1646-58.
- MacGillavry, H.D., Kerr, J.M., Blanpied T.A. (2011) Lateral organization of the postsynaptic density. Mol Cell Neurosci., 48: 321-31.
- Weinman E.J., Steplock D, Shenolikar S, Blanpied T. A. (2011) Dynamics of PTH-induced disassembly of Npt2a/NHERF-1 complexes in living OK cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 300:231-5.
- Frost N. A., Kerr J. M., Lu H. E., Blanpied T.A. (2010) A network of networks: Cytoskeletal control of compartmentalized function within dendritic spines. Curr. Op. Neurobiol., 20: 578-87.
- Frost N. A., Shroff H., Kong H., Betzig E., Blanpied T. A. (2010) Single-molecule discrimination of discrete perisynaptic and distributed sites of actin filament assembly within dendritic spines. Neuron, 67: 80-90.
- Yu D, Zhang H, Blanpied T. A., Smith E, Zhan X (2010) Cortactin is implicated in murine zygotic development. Exp Cell Res. 316: 848-58.
- Weinman E. J, Steplock D, Cha B, Kovbasnjuk O, Frost N. A, Cunningham R, Shenolikar S, Blanpied T. A., Donowitz M.(2009) PTH transiently increases the percent mobile fraction of Npt2a in OK cells as determined by FRAP. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 297: 1560-5.
- Blanpied T. A., Kerr, J.D, Ehlers, M.D. (2008) Structural plasticity with preserved topology in the postsynaptic protein network. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 105: 12587-12592.
- Lu, J., Helton, T. D., Blanpied T. A., Rácz, B., Newpher, T. M., Weinberg, R.J., and Ehlers, M. D. (2007) Postsynaptic positioning of endocytic zones and AMPA receptor cycling by physical coupling of dynamin-3 to homer. Neuron 55: 874-89.
- Blanpied T. A., Clarke, R. J., and Johnson, J. W. (2005) Amantadine inhibits NMDA receptors by accelerating channel closure during channel block. J. Neurosci. 25: 3312-3322.
- Blanpied T. A., Ehlers, M. D. (2004) The microanatomy of dendritic spines: Emerging principles of synaptic pathology in psychiatric & neurological disease. Biol. Psychiatry: 55: 1121-27.
- Racz B. L., Blanpied T. A., Ehlers M. D., & Weinberg R. J. (2004) Lateral organization of endocytic machinery in dendritic spines. Nat. Neurosci. 7:917-8.
- Blanpied T. A., Scott, D. B., & Ehlers, M. D. (2002) Dynamics & regulation of clathrin coats at specialized endocytic zones of dendrites & spines. Neuron 36: 435-49.
- Scott, D. B., Blanpied T. A., Swanson, G. T., & Ehlers, M. D. (2001) An NMDA receptor ER retention signal regulated by phosphorylation & alternative splicing. J. Neurosci. 21: 3063-3072.