PUBLICATIONS

Ryazantseva M, Englund J, Shintyapina A, Huupponen J, Shteinikov V, Pitkänen A, Partanen JM, Lauri SE. (2020) Kainate receptors regulate development of glutamatergic synaptic circuitry in the rodent amygdala. eLife e52798

Orav E, Atanasova T, Shintyapina A, Kesaf S, Kokko M, Partanen J, Taira T, Lauri SE. (2017) NETO1 Guides Development of Glutamatergic Connectivity in the Hippocampus by Regulating Axonal Kainate Receptors. eNeuro 0048-17.2017

Luchkina NV, Coleman SK, Huupponen J, Cai C, Kivistö A, Taira T, Keinänen K, Lauri SE. (2016) Molecular mechanisms controlling synaptic recruitment of GluA4 subunit-containing AMPA-receptors critical for functional maturation of CA1 glutamatergic synapses.  Neuropharmacology 112(Pt A):46-56.

Sakha P, Vesikansa A, Orav E, Heikkinen J, Kukko-Lukjanov TK, Shintyapina A, Franssila S, Jokinen V, Huttunen HJ, Lauri SE. (2016) Axonal Kainate Receptors Modulate the Strength of Efferent Connectivity by Regulating Presynaptic Differentiation. Front Cell Neurosci. 10:3.

Huupponen JT, Atanasova T, Taira T, Lauri SE. (2016) GluA4 subunit of AMPA receptors mediates the early synaptic response to altered network activity in the developing hippocampus. J Neurophysiol. 115: 2989-2996.

Luchkina NV, Huupponen J, Clarke VR, Coleman SK, Keinänen K, Taira T, Lauri SE. (2014) Developmental switch in the kinase dependency of long-term potentiation depends on expression of GluA4 subunit-containing AMPA receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111(11):4321-6.

Clarke VRJ., Molchanova SM, Hirvonen T, Taira T, Lauri SE. (2014) Activity-dependent up-regulation of presynaptic  kainate receptors at immature CA3-CA1 synapses. J Neurosci. 34(50): 16902-16.

Hanse E, Taira T, Lauri SE and Groc L (2009) Glutamate synapse in developing brain: an integrative perspective beyond the silent state. Trends Neurosci , 32(10):532

Lauri SE, Vesikansa A, Segerstråle M, Collingridge GL, Isaac JTR and Taira T (2006) Functional maturation of CA1 synapses involves activity-dependent loss of tonic kainate receptor-mediated inhibition of glutamate release. Neuron, 50(3):415-29.

Lauri SE, Bortolotto ZA Bleakman D, Ornstein PL, Lodge D, Isaac JTR and Collingridge GL (2001) A critical role of a facilitatory kainate autoreceptor in mossy fibre LTP. Neuron, 32: 697-709.

Development of microfluidic applications to study the role of kainate receptors in synaptogenesis

Prasanna Sakha (University of Helsinki, 2016)

Developmentally Regulated Induction and Expression Mechanisms of Long-Term Potentiation at Hippocampal CA3 CA1 Synapses

Natalia Luchkina  (University of Helsinki, 2015)

Kainate-type glutamate receptors modulating network activity in developing hippocampus

Juuso Juuri (University of Helsinki, 2015)

Synaptic mechanisms of Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity driven by intrinsic activity in the developing hippocampus

Huupponen, Johanna (University of Helsinki,  2013)

Developing glutamatergic connectivity in the hippocampus: the role of tonically active kainate receptors

Vesikansa, Aino (University of Helsinki, 2013)