Ryan Durbin is the first author on a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience

August 17, 2023
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Ryan Durbin is the first author on a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience

August 17, 2023
Presentations and publications

Ryan Durbin, graduate student in the Integrative Neuroscience Program working with Dr. Robert Renden is the first author on a paper, Postsynaptic Calcium Extrusion at the Mouse Neuromuscular Junction Alkalinizes the Synaptic Cleft, which was published in the Journal of Neuroscience Aug. 9, 2023. The cover of the paper shows the deconvolved z-projection of confocal images shows organization of plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) localized near neuromuscular junctions at the mouse levator auris longus (LAL). Using immunohistochemistry, the researchers targeted vesicular acetylcholine transporter to mark the presynaptic motor nerve, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to mark the postsynaptic endplate, and PMCA.

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