Upcoming Journal Club (4/12/2021)

An activity-dependent determinant of synapse elimination in the mammalian brain

Masahiro Yasuda, Sivapratha Nagappan-Chettiar, Erin M.Johnson-Venkatesh, HisashiUmemori

March 25, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.03.006

Multiple signaling pathways are essential for synapse formation induced by synaptic adhesion molecules

Xian JiangRichard Sando, and Thomas C. Südhof

January 19, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000173118

Happy New Year! & Upcoming Journal Club (1/15/2021)

Overexpression of schizophrenia susceptibility factor human complement C4A promotes excessive synaptic loss and behavioral changes in mice

Melis Yilmaz, Esra Yalcin, Jessy Presumey, Ernest Aw, Minghe Ma, Christopher W. Whelan, Beth Stevens, Steven A. McCarroll & Michael C. Carroll

December 22, 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00763-8