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Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex

Postsynaptic densities and the adjacent cytoskeleton were examined in deep-etched, unfixed slices of guinea pig anteroventral cochlear nucleus. The postsynaptic density seen in conventional thin sections corresponds to a meshwork of 4-nm filaments associated with intramembrane particles at the posts...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1981
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2111925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7197681
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description Postsynaptic densities and the adjacent cytoskeleton were examined in deep-etched, unfixed slices of guinea pig anteroventral cochlear nucleus. The postsynaptic density seen in conventional thin sections corresponds to a meshwork of 4-nm filaments associated with intramembrane particles at the postsynaptic active zone of inhibitory as well as excitatory synapses. These filaments intermesh with a lattice of 8- to 9-nm microfilaments, tentatively identified as F- actin, that is concentrated under the postsynaptic density. We postulate that the meshwork of 4-nm filaments anchors receptors to the adjacent microfilament lattice; this extended postsynaptic complex may limit the mobility of receptors and help maintain the curvature of the postsynaptic membrane.
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spelling pubmed-21119252008-05-01 Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex J Cell Biol Articles Postsynaptic densities and the adjacent cytoskeleton were examined in deep-etched, unfixed slices of guinea pig anteroventral cochlear nucleus. The postsynaptic density seen in conventional thin sections corresponds to a meshwork of 4-nm filaments associated with intramembrane particles at the postsynaptic active zone of inhibitory as well as excitatory synapses. These filaments intermesh with a lattice of 8- to 9-nm microfilaments, tentatively identified as F- actin, that is concentrated under the postsynaptic density. We postulate that the meshwork of 4-nm filaments anchors receptors to the adjacent microfilament lattice; this extended postsynaptic complex may limit the mobility of receptors and help maintain the curvature of the postsynaptic membrane. The Rockefeller University Press 1981-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2111925/ /pubmed/7197681 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title_full Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title_fullStr Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title_full_unstemmed Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title_short Cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
title_sort cytoskeletal organization at the postsynaptic complex
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2111925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7197681