Selected
Publications
Zucker,
R. S. Field potentials generated by dendritic spikes and
synaptic potentials. Science 165:409-413, 1969. pdf
Zucker,
R. S., Kennedy, D. and Selverston, A.I. Neuronal circuit
mediating escape responses in crayfish. Science 173:645-650,
1971. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. Crayfish escape behavior and central synapses. II.
Physiological mechanisms underlying behavioral habituation. J.
Neurophysiol. 35:621-637, 1972. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. Changes in the statistics of transmitter release
during facilitation. J. Physiol. 229:787-810, 1973.
PubMed Link
Steinhardt,
R., R. Zucker and G. Schatten (with an Appendix by R.
Zucker). Intracellular calcium release at fertilization in the sea
urchin egg. Develop. Biol. 58:185-196, 1977.
Zucker,
R. S. and L. O. Lara-Estrella. Is synaptic facilitation
caused by presynaptic spike broadening? Nature 278:57-59,
1979.
PubMed Link
Smith,
S. J. and R. S. Zucker. Aequorin response facilitation and
intracellular calcium accumulation in molluscan neurones. J.
Physiol. 300:167-196, 1980.
PubMed Link
Charlton,
M. P., S. J. Smith and R. S. Zucker. Role of presynaptic
calcium ions and channels in synaptic facilitation and depression at
the squid giant synapse. J. Physiol. 323:173-193, 1982.
PubMed
Link
Fogelson,
A. L. and R. S. Zucker. Presynaptic calcium diffusion
from various arrays of single channels: implications for transmitter
release and synaptic facilitation. Biophys. J. 48:1003-1017,
1985.
PubMed Link
Kramer,
R. H. and R. S. Zucker. Calcium-induced inactivation of
calcium current causes the inter-burst hyperpolarization of Aplysia
bursting neurones. J. Physiol. 362:131-160, 1985.
PubMed Link
Zucker,
R. S. and L. Landò. Mechanism of transmitter
release: Voltage hypothesis and calcium hypothesis. Science 231:574-579,
1986. pdf
Tsien,
R. and R. S. Zucker. Control of cytoplasmic calcium with
photolabile 2-nitrobenzhydrol tetracarboxylate chelators. Biophys.
J. 50:843-853, 1986.
PubMed Link
Zucker,
R. S. and P. Haydon. Membrane potential has no direct role
in evoking neurotransmitter release. Nature 335:360-362,
1988 pdf
Malenka,
R. C., J. A. Kauer, R. S. Zucker and R. A. Nicoll.
Postsynaptic calcium is sufficient for potentiation of hippocampal
synaptic transmission. Science 242:81-84, 1988. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. Short-term synaptic plasticity. Annu. Rev.
Neurosci. 12:13-31, 1989. pdf
Landò,
L. and R. S. Zucker. "Caged calcium" in Aplysia
pacemaker neurons. Characteristics of calcium-activated potassium and
nonspecific cation currents. J. Gen. Physiol. 93:1017-1060,
1989. pdf
Delaney,
K. D., R. S. Zucker and D. W. Tank. Calcium in motor nerve
terminals associated with posttetanic potentiation. J. Neuroscience
9:3558-3567, 1989.
pdf
Delaney,
K., D. W. Tank and R. S. Zucker. Presynaptic calcium and
serotonin-mediated enhancement of transmitter release at crayfish
neuromuscular junction. J. Neuroscience 11:2631-2643,
1991. pdf
Marrion,
N. V., R. S. Zucker, S. J. Marsh and P. R. Adams.
Modulation of M-current by intracellular calcium. Neuron 6:533-545,
1991
PubMed Link
Mulkey,
R. M. and R. S. Zucker. Action potentials must admit
calcium to evoke transmitter release. Nature 350:153-155,
1991 pdf
Malenka,
R. C., B. Lancaster and R. S. Zucker. Temporal limits on
the rise in postsynaptic calcium required for the induction of
long-term potentiation. Neuron 9:121-128, 1992
PubMed Link
Yamada,
W. M. and R. S. Zucker. Time course of transmitter release
calculated from simulations of a calcium diffusion model. Biophys.
J. 61:671-682, 1992.
PubMed Link
Fryer,
M. W. and R. S. Zucker. Ca2+-dependent
inactivation of Ca2+ current in Aplysia neurons: kinetic
studies using photolabile Ca2+ chelators. J. Physiol.
464:501-528, 1993.
PubMed Link
Zucker,
R. S. The calcium concentration clamp: spikes and
reversible pulses using the photolabile chelator DM-nitrophen. Cell
Calcium 14:87-100, 1993. pdf
Peng,
Y.-y. and R. S. Zucker. Release of LHRH is linearly related
to the time integral of presynaptic Ca2+ elevation above a
threshold level in bullfrog sympathetic ganglia. Neuron 10:465-473,
1993.
PubMed Link
Neher,
E. and R. S. Zucker. Multiple calcium-dependent processes
related to secretion in bovine chromaffin cell. Neuron 10:21-30,
1993.
PubMed Link
Zucker,
R. S. Photorelease techniques for raising or lowering
intracellular Ca2+. Meths. Cell Biol. 40:31-63,
1994. pdf
Landò,
L. and R. S. Zucker. Ca2+ cooperativity in
neurosecretion measured using photolabile Ca2+ chelators. J.
Neurophysiol. 72:825-830, 1994. pdf
Lancaster,
B. and R. S. Zucker. Photolytic manipulation of Ca2+
and the time course of slow, Ca2+-activated K+
current in rat hippocampal neurones. J. Physiol. 475:229-239,
1994.
PubMed Link
Heinemann,
C., R. H. Chow, E. Neher and R. S. Zucker. Kinetics of
the secretory response in bovine chromaffin cells following flash
photolysis of caged [Ca2+]i. Biophys. J. 67:2546-2557,
1994.
PubMed Link
Kamiya,
H. and R. S. Zucker. Residual [Ca2+]i
and short-term synaptic plasticity. Nature 371:603-606,
1994. pdf
Neveu,
D. and R. S. Zucker. Postsynaptic levels of [Ca2+]i
needed to trigger LTD and LTP. Neuron 16:619-629, 1996.
pdf
Neveu,
D. and R. S. Zucker. Long-lasting depression and
potentiation without presynaptic activity. J. Neurophysiol. 75:2157-2160,
1996. pdf
Cash,
S., Y. Dan, M.-m. Poo and R. S. Zucker. Postsynaptic
elevation of calcium induces persistent depression of developing
neuromuscular synapses. Neuron 16:745-754, 1996. pdf
Cash,
S., R. S. Zucker and M.-m. Poo. Spread of synaptic depression
mediated by presynaptic cytoplasmic signaling. Science 272:998-1001,
1996. pdf
Chow,
R. H, J. Klingauf J, C. Heinemann, R. S. Zucker, and E.
Neher. Mechanisms determining the time course of secretion in
neuroendocrine cells. Neuron 16:369-376, 1996. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. Exocytosis: A molecular and physiological
perspective. Neuron 17:1049-1055, 1996. pdf
Tang,
Y.-g. and R. S. Zucker. Mitochondrial involvement in
post-tetanic potentiation of synaptic transmission. Neuron 18:483-491,
1997. pdf
Fischer,
T. M., R. S. Zucker and T. J. Carew. Activity-dependent
potentiation of synaptic transmission from L30 inhibitory interneurons
of Aplysia depends on residual presynaptic Ca2+ but not on
postsynaptic Ca2+. J. Neurophysiol. 78:2061-2071,
1997.
pdf
Wang,
C. and R. S. Zucker. Regulation of synaptic vesicle recycling
by calcium and serotonin. Neuron 21:155-167, 1998. pdf
Ayer,
Jr., R. K. and R. S. Zucker. Magnesium binding to
DM-nitrophen and its effect on the photorelease of calcium. Biophys.
J. 77:3384-3393, 1999. pdf
Yang,
S.-N., Y.-G. Tang and R. S. Zucker. Selective induction of
LTP and LTD by postsynaptic [Ca2+]i elevation.
J. Neurophysiol. 81:781-787, 1999. pdf
Lau,
P.-M., R. S. Zucker and D. Bentley. Induction of filopodia by
direct local elevation of intracellular calcium ion concentration. J.
Cell Biol. 145:1265-1275, 1999. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. Calcium- and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity.
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 9:305-313, 1999. pdf
Tang,
Y.-G., T. Schlumpberger, T. Kim, M. Lueker and R. S. Zucker.
Effects of mobile buffers on facilitation: experimental and
computational studies. Biophys. J. 78:2735-2751,
2000. pdf
Beaumont,
V. and R. S. Zucker. Enhancement of synaptic transmission
by cyclic AMP modulation of presynaptic Ih channels. Nature
Neurosci. 3:133-141, 2000. pdf
Wang,
J. and R. S. Zucker. Photolysis-induced suppression of
inhibition in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. J. Physiol
533:757-763, 2001. pdf
Ohnuma,
K., M. D. Whim, R. Fetter, L. K. Kaczmarek and R. S.
Zucker. Presynaptic target of Ca2+ action on neuropeptide
and acetylcholine release in Aplysia californica. J. Physiol. 535:647-662,
2001. pdf
Beaumont,
V., N. Zhong, R. Fletcher, R. C. Froemke and R. S.
Zucker. Phosphorylation and local presynaptic protein synthesis in
calcium- and calcineurin-dependent induction of crayfish long-term
potentiation. Neuron 32:489-501, 2001. pdf
Zhong,
N., V. Beaumont and R. S. Zucker. Roles for mitochondrial
and reverse mode Na+/Ca2+ exchange and the
plasmalemma Ca2+ ATPase in post-tetanic potentiation at
crayfish neuromuscular junctions. J. Neurosci. 21:9598-9607,
2001. pdf
Beaumont,
V., N. Zhong, R. C. Froemke, R. W. Ball and R. S. Zucker.
Temporal synaptic tagging by Ih activation and actin:
involvement in long-term facilitation and cAMP-induced synaptic
enhancement. Neuron 34:601-613, 2002. pdf
Zucker,
R. S. and W. G. Regehr. Short-term synaptic plasticity.
Annu. Rev. Physiol. 64:355-405, 2002. pdf
Matveev,
V., A. Sherman and R. S. Zucker. New and corrected
simulations of synaptic
facilitation. Biophys. J. 83:1368-1383, 2002. pdf
Wang,
J., M. F. Yeckel, D. Johnston, and R. S. Zucker. Photolysis
of postsynaptic caged Ca2+ can potentiate
and depress synaptic responses in rat hippocampal CA3 pyramidal
neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 91:1596-1607,
2004. pdf
Matveev,
V., R. S. Zucker, and A. Sherman. Facilitation through
buffer saturation: constraints on
endogenous buffering properties. Biophys. J. 86:2691-2709,
2004. pdf
Zhong,
N. and R. S. Zucker. Roles of Ca2+,
hyperpolarization and cyclic nucleotide-activated channel activation,
and actin in temporal synaptic tagging. J. Neurosci. 24:4205-4212,
2004. pdf
Zhong,
N., V. Beaumont and R. S. Zucker. Calcium influx through
HCN channels does not contribute to
cAMP-enhanced transmission. J. Neurophysiol. 92:644-674,
2004. pdf
Zhong,
N. and R. S. Zucker. cAMP acts on exchange protein activated by
cAMP/cAMP-regulated
guanine nucleotide exchange protein to regulate transmitter release at
the
crayfish neuromuscular junction. J. Neurosci. 25:208-214,
2005. pdf
Millar,
A. G., R. S. Zucker, G. C. R. Ellis-Davies, M. P.
Charlton and H. L. Atwood. Calcium sensitivity of neurotransmitter
release differs at phasic and tonic
synapses. J. Neurosci. 25:3113-3125, 2005. pdf
Cheung,
U., H. L. Atwood and R. S. Zucker. Presynaptic effectors contributing
to cAMP-induced synaptic
potentiation in Drosophila. J. Neurobiol. 66:273-280,
2006. pdf
Minami,
A., Y.-F. Xia and R. S. Zucker.
Increased Ca2+ influx through Na+/Ca2+
exchanger during long-term facilitation at crayfish neuromuscular
junctions. J.
Physiol. 585:413-427, 2007. pdf
Zucker,
R. S., D. M. Kullmann and T. L. Schwarz.
Release of neurotransmitters. In.
J. H. Byrne and J. L. Roberts, eds. From Molecules to Networks: An Introduction
to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.
2nd Edn. San Diego:
Academic
Press, pp. 217-266, 2009. Elsevier
Link
Pan,
B. and R. S. Zucker. A general model of synaptic transmission and
short-term plasticity. Neuron 62:539-554, 2009. pdf
