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Two new Nature Neuroscience papers published by Betz and Acker-Palmer's groups

Amparo Acker-Palmer's group together with colleagues from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology report that serine phosphorylation of ephrinB2 regulates trafficking of synaptic AMPA receptors.

Essmann CL, Martinez E, Geiger J, Zimmer M, Traut M, Stein V, Klein R, Acker-Palmer A (2008) Serine phosphorylation of ephrinB2 regulates trafficking of synaptic AMPA receptors. Nature Neuroscience, published online 10 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nn.2171 [Link to full paper]

Further information about Amparo Acker-Palmer's research can be found here.

Heinrich Betz's group together with colleagues from Montpellier, Maryland and Zurich report that PICK1 uncoupling from mGluR7a causes absence-llike seizures.

Bertaso, F, Zhang, C, Scheschonka, A, de Bock, F, Fontanaud, P, Marin, P, Huganir, R, Betz, H, Bockaert, J, Fagni, L, Lerner-Natoli, M (2008) PICK1 uncoupling from mGluR7a causes absence-like seizures. Nature Neuroscience 11, 940-948, published online 20 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nn.2142 [Link to full paper]

A link to further information about the research of Heinrich Betz can be found here