Synaptic Transmission Section - Division of Intramural Research

Paradiso K and Wu LG
Small voltage changes at nerve terminals travel up axons to affect action potential initiation - Nature Neuroscience  12 541 - 543  2009

Wu XS, McNeil BD, Xu J, Fan J, Xue L, Melicoff E, Adachi R, Bai L, Wu LG
Ca(2+) and calmodulin initiate all forms of endocytosis during depolarization at a nerve terminal - Nat Neurosci.  12(8) 1003-10 2009

He L, Xue L, Xu J, McNell B, Bai L, Melicoff E, Adachi R and Wu LG.
Compound vesicle fusion increases quantal size and potentiates synaptic transmission - Nature  459 93-98 2009

Xu J, McNeil B, Wu W, Nees D, Bai L, Wu LG.
GTP-independent rapid and slow endocytosis at a central synapse - Nat Neurosci.  11(1) 45-53 2008

He L, Wu LG.
The debate on the kiss-and-run fusion at synapses. - Trends in Neuroscience  30(9) 447-55  2007

Wu LG, Ryan TA, Lagnado L.
Modes of vesicle retrieval at ribbon synapses, calyx-type synapses, and small central synapses - J Neurosci.   27(44) 11793-802 2007

He L, Wu XS, Mohan R, and Wu LG.
Two modes of fusion pore openings revealed by cell-attached recordings at a synapse - Nature  444 102-105 2006

Xu J and Wu LG
The decrease in the presynaptic calcium current is a major cause of short-term depression at a calyx-type synapse. - Neuron  46  633-645 2005

Sun JY, Wu XS, Wu LG
Single and multiple vesicle fusion induce different rates of endocytosis at a central synapse - Nature  417 555-559  2002

Kay AR Alfonso A Alford S Cline HT Holgado AM Sakmann B Snitsarev VA Stricker TP Takahashi M Wu LG
Imaging synaptic activity in intact brain and slices with FM1-43 in C. elegans, lamprey, and rat.  - Neuron   24  809-17  1999

Wu LG Borst JG
The reduced release probability of releasable vesicles during recovery from short-term synaptic depression.  - Neuron   23  821-832  1999

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