Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors

Nicola J. Allen (), Mariko L. Bennett, Lynette C. Foo, Gordon X. Wang, Chandrani Chakraborty, Stephen J. Smith and Ben A. Barres
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Nicola J. Allen: Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Science Building D231, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Mariko L. Bennett: Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Science Building D231, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Lynette C. Foo: Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Science Building D231, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Gordon X. Wang: Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive, Beckman Center B100, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Chandrani Chakraborty: Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Science Building D231, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Stephen J. Smith: Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive, Beckman Center B100, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA
Ben A. Barres: Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild Science Building D231, Stanford, California 94305-5125, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 486, issue 7403, 410-414

Abstract: Glypican 4 and glypican 6 are identified as astrocyte-secreted signals that induce the formation of functional, rather than structural, synapses through the recruitment to the neuron surface of the GluA1 subunits of the AMPA glutamate receptor.

Date: 2012
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