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Project Title

Project Title

a-Actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Matt, Lucas

Description

Description

Lucas Matt, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, is studying a major ASD gene, PSD-95, the central structural element of post-synaptic excitatory synapses. His focus is a factor called a-Actinin, that he thinks is responsible for PSD-95 localization. Defining how PSD-95 is anchored will fill a crucial gap in information about synaptic structure and could aid in the development of new ASD therapies.

Funder

Funder

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Funding Country

Funding Country

United States

Fiscal Year Funding

Fiscal Year Funding

19748

Current Award Period

Current Award Period

2014-2016

Strategic Plan Question

Strategic Plan Question

Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?

Funder’s Project Link

Funder’s Project Link

No URL available.

Institution

Institution

University of Tuebingen

Institute Location

Institute Location

Germany

Project Number

Project Number

Government or Private

Government or Private

Private

History/Related Projects

History/Related Projects

a-Actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95 | 0 | 2013 |
a-Actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95 | 0 | 2013 |
a-Actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95 | 30000 | 2014 |
a-Actinin Regulates Postsynaptic AMPAR Targeting by Anchoring PSD-95 | 15000 | 2015 |

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