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Jackman, S.L., Babai, N., Chambers, J.J., Thoreson, W.B. & Kramer, R.H.

A positive feedback synapse from retinal horizontal cells to cone photoreceptors.

PLoS Biol, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America., 2011, Vol. 9(5), pp. e1001057

 

Fortin, D.L., Dunn, T.W., Fedorchak, A., Allen, D., Montpetit, R., Banghart, M.R., Trauner, D., Adelman, J.P. & Kramer, R.H.

Optogenetic photochemical control of designer K+ channels in mammalian neurons.

J Neurophysiol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA., 2011, Vol. 106(1), pp. 488-496

 

Fortin, D.L., Dunn, T.W. & Kramer, R.H.

Engineering light-regulated ion channels.

Cold Spring Harb Protoc, 2011, Vol. 2011(6), pp. 579-585

 

Bartoletti, T.M., Jackman, S.L., Babai, N., Mercer, A.J., Kramer, R.H. & Thoreson, W.B.

Release from the cone ribbon synapse under bright light conditions can be controlled by the opening of only a few Ca2+ channels.

J Neurophysiol, 1University of Nebraska Medical Center., 2011

 

Kramer, R.H., Fortin, D.L. & Trauner, D.

New photochemical tools for controlling neuronal activity.

Curr Opin Neurobiol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. rhkramer@berkeley.edu, 2009, Vol. 19(5), pp. 544-552

 

Jackman, S.L., Choi, S.-Y., Thoreson, W.B., Rabl, K., Bartoletti, T.M. & Kramer, R.H.

Role of the synaptic ribbon in transmitting the cone light response.

Nat Neurosci, Departments of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2009, Vol. 12(3), pp. 303-310

 

Banghart, M.R., Mourot, A., Fortin, D.L., Yao, J.Z., Kramer, R.H. & Trauner, D.

Photochromic blockers of voltage-gated potassium channels.

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA., 2009, Vol. 48(48), pp. 9097-9101

 

Chambers, J.J. & Kramer, R.H.

Light-activated ion channels for remote control of neural activity.

Methods Cell Biol, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9336, USA, 2008, Vol. 90, pp. 217-232

 

Fortin, D.L., Banghart, M.R., Dunn, T.W., Borges, K., Wagenaar, D.A., Gaudry, Q., Karakossian, M.H., Otis, T.S., Kristan, W.B., Trauner, D. & Kramer, R.H.

Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability.

Nat Methods, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, 121 Life Sciences Addition, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2008, Vol. 5(4), pp. 331-338

 

Choi, S.-Y., Jackman, S., Thoreson, W.B. & Kramer, R.H.

Light regulation of Ca2+ in the cone photoreceptor synaptic terminal.

Vis Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA., 2008, Vol. 25(5-6), pp. 693-700

 

Sheng, Z., Choi, S.-Y., Dharia, A., Li, J., Sterling, P. & Kramer, R.H.

Synaptic Ca2+ in darkness is lower in rods than cones, causing slower tonic release of vesicles.

J Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2007, Vol. 27(19), pp. 5033-5042

 

Szobota, S., Gorostiza, P., Bene, F.D., Wyart, C., Fortin, D.L., Kolstad, K.D., Tulyathan, O., Volgraf, M., Numano, R., Aaron, H.L., Scott, E.K., Kramer, R.H., Flannery, J., Baier, H., Trauner, D. & Isacoff, E.Y.

Remote control of neuronal activity with a light-gated glutamate receptor.

Neuron, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA., 2007, Vol. 54(4), pp. 535-545

 

Mourot, A. & Kramer, R.H.

Staples, tape measures, and bungee cords: a variety of bifunctional reagents for understanding and controlling ion channels.

ACS Chem Biol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA., 2007, Vol. 2(7), pp. 451-453

 

Volgraf, M., Gorostiza, P., Numano, R., Kramer, R.H., Isacoff, E.Y. & Trauner, D.

Allosteric control of an ionotropic glutamate receptor with an optical switch.

Nat Chem Biol, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2006, Vol. 2(1), pp. 47-52

 

Chambers, J.J., Banghart, M.R., Trauner, D. & Kramer, R.H.

Light-induced depolarization of neurons using a modified Shaker K(+) channel and a molecular photoswitch.

J Neurophysiol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkley, CA 94720, USA., 2006, Vol. 96(5), pp. 2792-2796

 

Kramer, R.H., Chambers, J.J. & Trauner, D.

Photochemical tools for remote control of ion channels in excitable cells.

Nat Chem Biol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 142 Life Sciences Addition, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. rhkramer@berkeley.edu, 2005, Vol. 1(7), pp. 360-365

 

Choi, S.-Y., Borghuis, B.G., Borghuis, B., Rea, R., Levitan, E.S., Sterling, P. & Kramer, R.H.

Encoding light intensity by the cone photoreceptor synapse.

Neuron, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2005, Vol. 48(4), pp. 555-562

 

Choi, S.-Y., Sheng, Z. & Kramer, R.H.

Imaging light-modulated release of synaptic vesicles in the intact retina: retinal physiology at the dawn of the post-electrode era.

Vision Res, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA., 2005, Vol. 45(28), pp. 3487-3495

 

Thompson, S.M., Kao, J.P.Y., Kramer, R.H., Poskanzer, K.E., Silver, R.A., Digregorio, D. & Wang, S.S.-H.

Flashy science: controlling neural function with light.

J Neurosci, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA. sthom003@umaryland.edu, 2005, Vol. 25(45), pp. 10358-10365

 

Trauner, D. & Kramer, R.H.

Metabolic modulation of potassium channels.

Sci STKE, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. trauner@cchem.berkeley.edu, 2004, Vol. 2004(233), pp. pe22

 

Rea, R., Li, J., Dharia, A., Levitan, E.S., Sterling, P. & Kramer, R.H.

Streamlined synaptic vesicle cycle in cone photoreceptor terminals.

Neuron, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Neurobiology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA., 2004, Vol. 41(5), pp. 755-766

 

Banghart, M., Borges, K., Isacoff, E., Trauner, D. & Kramer, R.H.

Light-activated ion channels for remote control of neuronal firing.

Nat Neurosci, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2004, Vol. 7(12), pp. 1381-1386

 

Kramer, R.H. & Molokanova, E.

Modulation of cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels and regulation of vertebrate phototransduction.

J Exp Biol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA. rhkramer@uclink4.berkeley.edu, 2001, Vol. 204(Pt 17), pp. 2921-2931

 

Molokanova, E. & Kramer, R.H.

Mechanism of inhibition of cyclic nucleotide-gated channel by protein tyrosine kinase probed with genistein.

J Gen Physiol, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA., 2001, Vol. 117(3), pp. 219-234

 

Molokanova, E., Savchenko, A. & Kramer, R.H.

Interactions of cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunits and protein tyrosine kinase probed with genistein.

J Gen Physiol, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA., 2000, Vol. 115(6), pp. 685-696

 

Molokanova, E., Maddox, F., Luetje, C.W. & Kramer, R.H.

Activity-dependent modulation of rod photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channels mediated by phosphorylation of a specific tyrosine residue.

J Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA., 1999, Vol. 19(12), pp. 4786-4795

 

Goulding, E.H., Ngai, J., Kramer, R.H., Colicos, S., Axel, R., Siegelbaum, S.A. & Chess, A.

Molecular cloning and single-channel properties of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from catfish olfactory neurons.

Neuron, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032., 1992, Vol. 8(1), pp. 45-58

 

Kramer, R.H.

Patch cramming: monitoring intracellular messengers in intact cells with membrane patches containing detector ion channels.

Neuron, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254., 1990, Vol. 4(3), pp. 335-341

 

Kramer, R.H.

Axonal contribution to subthreshold currents in Aplysia bursting pacemaker neurons.

Cell Mol Neurobiol, 1986, Vol. 6(3), pp. 239-253

 

Kramer, R.H., Goulding, E. & Siegelbaum, S.A.

Potassium channel inactivation peptide blocks cyclic nucleotide-gated channels by binding to the conserved pore domain.

Neuron, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032., 1994, Vol. 12(3), pp. 655-662

 

Kramer, R.H., Kaczmarek, L.K. & Levitan, E.S.

Neuropeptide inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels mediated by mobilization of intracellular calcium.

Neuron, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032., 1991, Vol. 6(4), pp. 557-563

 

Kramer, R.H. & Karpen, J.W.

Spanning binding sites on allosteric proteins with polymer-linked ligand dimers.

Nature, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA. rkramer@chroma.med.miami.edu, 1998, Vol. 395(6703), pp. 710-713

 

Kramer, R.H., Levitan, E.S., Carrow, G.M. & Levitan, I.B.

Modulation of a subthreshold calcium current by the neuropeptide FMRFamide in Aplysia neuron R15.

J Neurophysiol, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254., 1988, Vol. 60(5), pp. 1728-1738

 

Kramer, R.H., Levitan, E.S., Wilson, M.P. & Levitan, I.B.

Mechanism of calcium-dependent inactivation of a potassium current in Aplysia neuron R15: interaction between calcium and cyclic AMP.

J Neurosci, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254., 1988, Vol. 8(5), pp. 1804-1813

 

Kramer, R.H. & Levitan, I.B.

Activity-dependent neuromodulation in Aplysia neuron R15: intracellular calcium antagonizes neurotransmitter responses mediated by cAMP.

J Neurophysiol, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254., 1990, Vol. 63(5), pp. 1075-1088

 

Kramer, R.H. & Levitan, I.B.

Calcium-dependent inactivation of a potassium current in the Aplysia neuron R15.

J Neurosci, Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254., 1988, Vol. 8(5), pp. 1796-1803

 

Kramer, R.H., Mokkapatti, R. & Levitan, E.S.

Effects of caffeine on intracellular calcium, calcium current and calcium-dependent potassium current in anterior pituitary GH3 cells.

Pflugers Arch, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032., 1994, Vol. 426(1-2), pp. 12-20

 

Kramer, R.H. & Siegelbaum, S.A.

Intracellular Ca2+ regulates the sensitivity of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in olfactory receptor neurons.

Neuron, Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032., 1992, Vol. 9(5), pp. 897-906

 

Kramer, R.H. & Tibbs, G.R.

Antagonists of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels and molecular mapping of their site of action.

J Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA., 1996, Vol. 16(4), pp. 1285-1293

 

Kramer, R.H. & Zucker, R.S.

Calcium-induced inactivation of calcium current causes the inter-burst hyperpolarization of Aplysia bursting neurones.

J Physiol, 1985, Vol. 362, pp. 131-160

 

Levitan, E.S. & Kramer, R.H.

Neuropeptide modulation of single calcium and potassium channels detected with a new patch clamp configuration.

Nature, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510., 1990, Vol. 348(6301), pp. 545-547

 

Levitan, E.S., Kramer, R.H. & Levitan, I.B.

Augmentation of bursting pacemaker activity by egg-laying hormone in Aplysia neuron R15 is mediated by a cyclic AMP-dependent increase in Ca2+ and K+ currents.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1987, Vol. 84(17), pp. 6307-6311

 

Molokanova, E., Trivedi, B., Savchenko, A. & Kramer, R.H.

Modulation of rod photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channels by tyrosine phosphorylation.

J Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA., 1997, Vol. 17(23), pp. 9068-9076

 

Savchenko, A., Barnes, S. & Kramer, R.H.

Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels mediate synaptic feedback by nitric oxide.

Nature, ol of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA., 1997, Vol. 390(6661), pp. 694-698

 

Trivedi, B. & Kramer, R.H.

Patch cramming reveals the mechanism of long-term suppression of cyclic nucleotides in intact neurons.

J Neurosci, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA., 2002, Vol. 22(20), pp. 8819-8826

 

Trivedi, B. & Kramer, R.H.

Real-time patch-cram detection of intracellular cGMP reveals long-term suppression of responses to NO and muscarinic agonists.

Neuron, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA., 1998, Vol. 21(4), pp. 895-906

 

Walters, R.J., Kramer, R.H. & Nawy, S.

Regulation of cGMP-dependent current in On bipolar cells by calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase.

Vis Neurosci, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA., 1998, Vol. 15(2), pp. 257-261