Selected Publications

1. Feliciano P., H. Matos, R. Andrade, and M. Bykhovskaia. 2017. Synapsin II regulation of GABAergic synaptic transmission is dependent on interneuron subtype. J. Neurosci. 15;37(7):1757-1771.

2. Sabeva N., Cho. R., Vasin, A. Gonzalez, J.T. Littleton, and M. Bykhovskaia. (2017) Complexin Mutants Reveal Partial Segregation Between Recycling Pathways that Drive Evoked and Spontaneous Neurotransmission J Neurosci 3:383-396.

3. Guan Z, Bykhovskaia M, Jorquera RA, Sutton RB, Akbergenova Y, Littleton JT. (2017) A synaptotagmin suppressor screen indicates SNARE binding controls the timing and Ca(2+) cooperativity of vesicle fusion. Elife. pii: e28409.

4. Michaeli L, Gottfried I, Bykhovskaia M, Ashery U. (2017) Phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate targets double C2 domain protein B to the plasma membrane. Traffic. 18:825-39.

5. Vasin, A., Volfson, D., Littleton, J. T., and Bykhovskaia, M. (2016) Interaction of the Complexin Accessory Helix with Synaptobrevin Regulates Spontaneous Fusion, Biophys J 111, 1954-1964.

6. Bykhovskaia M. 2015. Calcium binding promotes conformational flexibility of the neuronal Ca2+ sensor synaptotagmin. Biophys. J. 108:2507-20.

7. Fortoul, N., Singh P., Hui C.Y., Bykhovskaia M., and A. Jagota. 2015. Coarse-Grained Model of the Snare Complex Determines the Number of Snares Required for Docking. Biophys. J. 108:2258-69.

8. Vasin A., L. Zueva, C.Torrez, D.Volfson, J.T.Littleton, and M.Bykhovskaia. 2014. Synapsin regulates activity-dependent outgrowth of synaptic boutons at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. J. Neurosci. 34:10554:63.

9. Feliciano P., R. Andrade, and M. Bykhovskaia. 2013. Synapsin II and Rab3a cooperate in the regulation of epileptic and synaptic activity at in the CA1 region of the hippocampus synapses. J. Neurosci. 33:18319-30.

10. Bykhovskaia M., A. Jagota, A. Gonzales, A. Vasin, and J.T. Littleton. 2013. Interaction of the complexin accessory helix with the C-terminus of the SNARE complex: molecular dynamics model of the fusion clamp. Biophys. J. 105:679-90.

11. Bykhovskaia M. 2011. Synapsin regulation of vesicle organization and functional pools. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 22(4):387-92.

12. Akbergenova Y, Bykhovskaia M. 2009. Stimulation-induced formation of the reserve pool of vesicles in Drosophila motor boutons. J Neurophysiol 101: 2423-2433.

13. Coleman WL, Bill CA, Simsek-Duran F, Lonart G, Samigullin D, Bykhovskaia M. 2008. Synapsin II and calcium regulate vesicle docking and the cross-talk between vesicle pools at the mouse motor terminals. J Physiol 586: 4649-4673.