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Associate Professor John Bekkers - Cerebral Cortex Group - Selected Publications

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Bekkers, J.M. and Haeusser, M., (2007), Targeted dendrotomy reveals active and passive contributions of the dendritic tree to synaptic integration and neuronal output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.104 (27): 11447-11452

Ikeda, K. and Bekkers, J.M., (2006), Autoapses. Current Biology 16(9), R308.

McColl, C.D., Jacoby, A.S., Shine, J., Iismaa, T.P., and Bekkers, J.M., (2006), Galanin receptor-1 knockout mice exhibit spontaneous epilepsy, abnormal EEGs and altered inhibition in the hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 50(2), 209-218.

Suzuki, N. and Bekkers, J.M., (2006), Neural coding by two classes of principal cells in the mouse piriform cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 26(46), 11938-11947.

Bekkers, J.M., (2005), Presynaptically silent GABA synapses in hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience 25(16), 4031-4039.

Richerson, G.B. and Bekkers, J.M., (2004), Learning to take a deep breath - with BDNF. Nature Medicine 10(1), 25-26.

Reid C. A., Bekkers J. M. & Clements J. D. (2003). Presynaptic Ca channels: A functional patchwork. Trends in Neurosciences 26(12), 683-687.

Bekkers J. M. (2003). Convolution of mini distributions for fitting evoked synaptic amplitude distributions. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 130(2), 105-114.

Bekkers J. M. (2003). Synaptic transmission: Functional autapses in the cortex. Curr. Biol. 13(11), R433-R435.

Bekkers J. M. (2002). Synaptic transmission: A new kind of inhibition. Curr. Biol. 12, R648-R650.

Bekkers, J. M. & Delaney, A. J. (2001) Modulation of excitability by alpha-dendrotoxin-sensitive potassium channels in neocortical pyramidal neurons. J. Neurosci. 21, 6553-6560.

Chieng, B. & Bekkers, J. M. (2001). Inhibition of calcium channels by opioid- and adenosine-receptor agonists in neurons of the nucleus accumbens. Br. J. Pharmacol. 133: 337-344

Bekkers, J. M. (2000). Distribution of slow AHP channels on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 83: 1756-1759.

Bekkers, J. M. (2000). Properties of voltage-gated potassium currents in nucleated patches from large Layer 5 cortical pyramidal neurons of the rat. J. Physiol. 525: 593-609.

Bekkers, J. M. (2000). Distribution and activation of voltage-gated potassium channels in cell-attached and outside-out patches from large Layer 5 cortical pyramidal neurons of the rat. J. Physiol. 525: 611-620

Bekkers, J. M. & Clements, J. D. (1999). Quantal amplitude and quantal variance of strontium-induced asynchronous EPSCs in rat dentate granule neurons. J. Physiol. 516: 227-248.

Chieng, B. & Bekkers, J. M. (1999). GABA-B, opioid and alpha-2 receptor inhibition of calcium channels in acutely-dissociated locus coeruleus neurones. Br. J. Pharmacol. 127: 1533-1538.

Bekkers, J. M. (1998) Are autapses prodigal synapses? Curr. Biol. 8: R52-R55.

Reid, C. A., Bekkers, J. M. & Clements, J. D. (1998) N- and P/Q-type Ca channels mediate transmitter release with a similar cooperativity at rat hippocampal autapses. J. Neurosci. 18: 2849-2855.

Reid, C. A., Clements, J. D. & Bekkers, J. M. (1997) Nonuniform distribution of Ca channel subtypes on presynaptic terminals of excitatory synapses in hippocampal cultures. J. Neurosci. 17: 2738-2745.

Bekkers, J. M. & Stevens, C. F. (1996) Cable analysis of cultured hippocampal neurons determined from sucrose-evoked miniature EPSCs. J. Neurophysiol. 75, 1250-1255.

Bekkers, J. M., Vidovic, M. & Ymer, S. (1996) Differential effects of histamine on the NMDA channel in hippocampal slices and cultures. Neuroscience 72, 669-677.

Sah, P. & Bekkers, J. M. (1996) Apical dendritic location of slow-afterhyperpolarization current in hippocampal pyramidal neurons: Implications for the integration of LTP. J. Neurosci. 16: 4537-4542.

Bekkers, J. M. & Stevens, C. F. (1995) Quantal analysis of EPSCs recorded from small numbers of synapses in hippocampal cultures. J. Neurophysiol. 73, 1145-1156.

Bekkers, J. M. (1994) Quantal analysis of synaptic transmission in the central nervous system, Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 4,360-365.

Bekkers, J. M. (1993) Enhancement by histamine of NMDA-mediated synaptic transmission in the hippocampus. Science 261,104-106.

Bekkers, J. M. & Stevens, C. F. (1991) Excitatory and inhibitory autaptic currents in isolated hippocampal neurons maintained in cell culture. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88,7834-7838.

Bekkers, J. M., Richerson, G. B. & Stevens, C. F.(1990) Origin of variability in quantal size in cultured hippocampal neurons and hippocampal slices. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87,5359-5362.

Bekkers, J. M. & Stevens, C. F. (1990) Presynaptic mechanism for long-term potentiation in the hippocampus. Nature 346,724-729.

Bekkers, J. M. & Stevens, C. F. (1989). NMDA and non-NMDA receptors are co-localized at individual excitatory synapses in cultured rat hippocampus. Nature 341, 230-233.

Bekkers, J. M., Greeff, N. G. & Keynes, R. D. (1986). The conductance and density of sodium channels in the cut-open squid axon. J. Physiol. (London) 377, 463-486.

Bekkers, J. M., Greeff, N. G., Keynes, R. D. & Neumcke, B. (1984). The effect of local anaesthetics on the components of the asymmetry current in the squid giant axon. J. Physiol. (London) 352, 653-668.