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Schwartz, N.E. and
Alford, S. (1998) Modulation of pre- and postsynaptic calcium dynamics
by ionotropic glutamate receptors at a plastic synapse. J. Neurophysiol. 79:2191-2203
Cochilla, A.J. and Alford, S (1999) NMDA receptor-mediated control of presynaptic calcium and neurotransmitter release. J. Neuroscience 19:193-205.
Takahashi, M., Freed, R., Blackmer, T., Alford, S. (2001). Calcium influx independent depression of transmitter release by 5-HT at lamprey spinal cord synapses. J. Physiol., 532:323-336.
Blackmer, T., Larsen, E., Takahashi, M., Martin, T. F. J., Alford, S., Hamm, H. E. (2001) Heterotrimeric G protein Gbg subunits mediate presynaptic inhibition by regulating exocytotic fusion downstream of Ca2+ entry. Science, 292:293-297
Takahashi,
M., Alford, S. (2002) The requirement of presynaptic metabotropic
glutamate receptors for the maintenance of locomotion.
J Neurosci. 22:3692-3699.