Yoonjai Choi

Aplysia CPEB Can Form Prion-like Multimers in Sensory Neurons that Contribute to Long-Term Facilitation

Cell · 2010-02-01 · 390 citations

Neuroligin-1 is required for normal expression of LTP and associative fear memory in the amygdala of adult animals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008-06-26 · 153 citations

Neuroligin-1 is a potent trigger for the de novo formation of synaptic connections, and it has recently been suggested that it is required for the maturation of functionally competent excitatory synapses. Despite evidence for the role of neuroligin-1 in specifying excitatory synapses, the underlying molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences that neuroligin-1 may have at mature synapses of normal adult animals remain unknown. By silencing endogenous neuroligin-1 acutely in the amygdala…

Input-specific synaptic plasticity in the amygdala is regulated by neuroligin-1 via postsynaptic NMDA receptors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010-02-23 · 95 citations

Despite considerable evidence for a critical role of neuroligin-1 in the specification of excitatory synapses, the cellular mechanisms and physiological roles of neuroligin-1 in mature neural circuits are poorly understood. In mutant mice deficient in neuroligin-1, or adult rats in which neuroligin-1 was depleted, we have found that neuroligin-1 stabilizes the NMDA receptors residing in the postsynaptic membrane of amygdala principal neurons, which allows for a normal range of NMDA receptor-medi…

A New Component in Synaptic Plasticity: Upregulation of Kinesin in the Neurons of the Gill-Withdrawal Reflex

Cell · 2008-11-01 · 94 citations

Neurexin-Neuroligin Transsynaptic Interaction Mediates Learning-Related Synaptic Remodeling and Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia

Neuron · 2011-05-01 · 93 citations