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Overview

Juan Burrone is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and related interdisciplinary fields, demonstrated through a substantial publication record spanning multiple years and venues.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work is further specialized in several subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

Juan Burrone's main research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Frequent publication venues highlight their active engagement with the scientific community and include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
  • BIO Web of Conferences

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 spike-induced syncytia" (2021, Nature)
  • "Activity-Dependent Plasticity of Axo-axonic Synapses at the Axon Initial Segment" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Ensure Action Potential Shape Fidelity in Distal Axons" (2021, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Aberrant axon initial segment plasticity and intrinsic excitability of ALS hiPSC motor neurons" (2023, Cell Reports)
  • "Loss of TDP-43 induces synaptic dysfunction that is rescued by UNC13A splice-switching ASOs" (2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of peers, including:

  • Guilherme Neves
  • Roland A. Fleck
  • Benjamin Compans
  • Rachel E. Jackson
  • Victoria Gonzalez Sabater

Best Publications

  • Activity-dependent relocation of the axon initial segment fine-tunes neuronal excitability

    Matthew S. Grubb;Juan Burrone

  • Multiple forms of synaptic plasticity triggered by selective suppression of activity in individual neurons

    Juan Burrone;Michael O'Byrne;Venkatesh N. Murthy

  • A resting pool of vesicles is responsible for spontaneous vesicle fusion at the synapse

    Naila Ben Fredj;Juan Burrone

  • Multi-site optical excitation using ChR2 and micro-LED array

    Nir Grossman;Vincent Poher;Matthew S Grubb;Gordon T Kennedy

  • Synaptic gain control and homeostasis.

    Juan Burrone;Venkatesh N Murthy

  • Photocycles of Channelrhodopsin‐2

    Konstantin Nikolic;Nir Grossman;Matthew S. Grubb;Juan Burrone

  • Activity-dependent regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission in hippocampal neurons

    Kenichi N Hartman;Sumon K Pal;Juan Burrone;Juan Burrone;Venkatesh N Murthy

  • Optical control of muscle function by transplantation of stem cell-derived motor neurons in mice.

    J. Barney Bryson;Carolina Barcellos Machado;Martin Crossley;Danielle Stevenson

  • Synaptic vesicle recycling studied in transgenic mice expressing synaptopHluorin.

    Zhiying Li;Juan Burrone;William J. Tyler;Kenichi N. Hartman

  • Synaptic activity and activity-dependent competition regulates axon arbor maturation, growth arrest, and territory in the retinotectal projection.

    Naila Ben Fredj;Sarah Hammond;Hideo Otsuna;Chi-Bin Chien

  • Homeostatic Plasticity of Subcellular Neuronal Structures: From Inputs to Outputs.

    Winnie Wefelmeyer;Christopher J. Puhl;Juan Burrone

  • Studying vesicle cycling in presynaptic terminals using the genetically encoded probe synaptopHluorin

    Juan Burrone;Zhiying Li;Venkatesh N Murthy

  • Activity-dependent mismatch between axo-axonic synapses and the axon initial segment controls neuronal output

    Winnie Wefelmeyer;Daniel Cattaert;Juan Burrone

  • Optobionic vision-a new genetically enhanced light on retinal prosthesis

    Patrick Degenaar;Nir Grossman;Muhammad Ali Memon;Juan Burrone

  • Synaptic depression and the kinetics of exocytosis in retinal bipolar cells.

    Juan Burrone;Leon Lagnado

  • Two Actions of Calcium Regulate the Supply of Releasable Vesicles at the Ribbon Synapse of Retinal Bipolar Cells

    Ana Gomis;Juan Burrone;Leon Lagnado

  • Building and maintaining the axon initial segment.

    Matthew S Grubb;Juan Burrone

  • ELECTRICAL RESONANCE AND CA2+ INFLUX IN THE SYNAPTIC TERMINAL OF DEPOLARIZING BIPOLAR CELLS FROM THE GOLDFISH RETINA

    Juan Burrone;Leon Lagnado

  • Endogenous calcium buffers regulate fast exocytosis in the synaptic terminal of retinal bipolar cells

    Juan Burrone;Guilherme Neves;Ana Gomis;Anne Cooke

  • Surpassing light-induced cell damage in vitro with novel cell culture media.

    John H. Stockley;Kimberley Evans;Moritz Matthey;Katrin Volbracht

  • The role of neuronal activity and transmitter release on synapse formation.

    Laura C Andreae;Juan Burrone

  • Multi-site optical excitation using ChR2 and micro-LED array. J Neural Eng 7:16004

    Nir Grossman;Vincent Poher;Matthew S. Grubb;Gordon T. Kennedy

Frequent Co-Authors

Venkatesh N. Murthy
Venkatesh N. Murthy Harvard University
Francine M. Benes
Francine M. Benes Harvard University
Tiago Branco
Tiago Branco University College London
Richard Selway
Richard Selway King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir
Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir University of Cambridge
Ilya Bezprozvanny
Ilya Bezprozvanny The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William J. Tyler
William J. Tyler University of Alabama at Birmingham
M. Margarita Behrens
M. Margarita Behrens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Michael H. Malim
Michael H. Malim King's College London
C. Toumazou
C. Toumazou Imperial College London

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