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Unraveling the ribbon synapse
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Unraveling the ribbon synapse

Jakob S Satz and Kevin P Campbell
Nature Neuroscience, Vol.11(8), pp.857-859
08/2008
DOI: 10.1038/nn0808-857
PMID: 18660835

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Abstract

A new study identifies pikachurin, a previously-unknown dystroglycan-binding protein that is critical for the apposition of photoreceptor and bipolar cell dendrites at the ribbon synapse. This work could explain some of the visual defects seen in several muscular dystrophies.

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