Heidelberger Lab Publications
1980-1989
Mann, W.J., Mendonca-Dias, M.H., Lauterbur, P.C., Klimek, R., Bernardo, M.L., Chumas, J., Heidelberger, R., Acuff, V., and Taylor, A. (1984). Preliminary In Vitro studies of NMR Spin-lattic relaxation times (T1) and 3-D imaging in gynecologic oncology. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 148:91-95.
1990-1999
Heidelberger, R., and Matthews, G. (1991). Inhibition of calcium influx and calcium current by GABA in single synaptic terminals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:7135-7139.
Heidelberger, R., and Matthews, G. (1992). Calcium influx and calcium current in single synaptic terminals of goldfish retinal bipolar neurons. Journal of Physiology 447:235-256.
Matthews, G., Ayoub, G., and Heidelberger, R. (1994). Presynaptic Inhibition by GABA is Mediated Via Two Distinct GABA Receptors with Novel Pharmacology. Journal of Neuroscience 14(3): 1079-1090.
Heidelberger, R., and Matthews, G. (1994). Dopamine Enhances Ca2+ Responses in Synaptic Terminals of Retinal Bipolar Neurons. NeuroReport 5:729-732.
Heidelberger, R., Heinemann, C., Neher, E., and Matthews, G. (1994). Calcium Dependence of the Rate of Exocytosis in a Synaptic Terminal. Nature 371:513-515.
Heidelberger, R. (1995). Calcium and the Rate of Neurotransmitter Exocytosis. J. of NIH Research, 7(10):51-52.
Haller, M., Heinemann, C., Chow, R.H., Heidelberger, R., and E. Neher. (1998). Comparison of secretory responses as measured by membrane capacitance and by amperometry. Biophysical Journal 74:2100-2113.
Heidelberger, R. (1998). ATP and the Late Steps in Calcium-Dependent Exocytosis at a Ribbon Synapse. Journal of General Physiology 111:225-241.
2000-2009
Heidelberger, R. (2000). Bipolar Cells in the Spotlight: Cause for Excitement. Neuron 25:2‑4.
Heidelberger, R. (2001). ATP is Required at an Early Step in Compensatory Endocytosis in Synaptic Terminals. Journal of Neuroscience 21(17):6367-6474.
Heidelberger, R. (2001). Electrophysiological Approaches to the Study of Neuronal Exocytosis and Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. 143:1-80.
Heidelberger, R., Sterling P., and Matthews, G. (2002). Roles of ATP in synaptic vesicle pool depletion and replenishment. Journal of Neurophysiology 88:97-106.
Heidelberger, R., Zhou, Z-Y., and Matthews, G. (2002). Multiple Components Of Membrane Retrieval in Synaptic Terminals Revealed by Changes in Hydrostatic Pressure. Journal of Neurophysiology, 88(5):2509-17.
Heidelberger, R., Wang, M.M., and Sherry, D.M. (2003). Differential Distribution of Synaptotagmin Immunoreactivity Among Synapses in the Goldfish, Salamader and Mouse Retina. Visual Neuroscience, 20(1):37-49.
Thoreson WB, Rabl K, Townes-Anderson E, Heidelberger R. (2004). A highly Ca2+-sensitive pool of vesicles contributes to linearity at the rod photoreceptor ribbon synapse. Neuron 42(4):595-605. (This article was featured in Nature 429:620, 2004).
Heidelberger, R. and Matthews, G. (2004). Vesicle Priming and Depriming: A SNAP decision. Neuron 41:311-313.
Sherry DM, and Heidelberger R. (2005). Distribution of proteins associated with synaptic vesicle endocytosis in the mouse and goldfish retina. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 484(4):440-457.
Heidelberger, R., Thoreson W.B., and Witkovsky, P. (2005). Synaptic Transmission at Retinal Ribbon Synapses. Progress in Retinal Eye Research 24(6):682-720.
Burr GS, Mitchell CK, Keflemariam YJ, Heidelberger R and O’Brien J. (2005). Calcium-dependent binding of calmodulin to neuronal gap junction proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 335:1191-1198.
Heidelberger, R. and von Gersdorff, H. (2005). Illuminating the calcium sensor for exocytosis in a flash. Nature Neuroscience 8(4):402-404.
Zhou ZY, Wan QF, Thakur P and Heidelberger R. (2006). Capacitance measurements in the mouse rod bipolar cell identify a pool of releasable synaptic vesicles. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96(5):2539-2548.
Heidelberger, R., and Innocenti, B. (2006). Neurotransmitter release at a tonic synapse: how ordinary mechanisms accomplish an extraordinary task. Cell Science Reviews 3(2):151-183.
Heidelberger, R. (2007). Mechanisms of tonic, graded release: lessons from the vertebrate photoreceptor. Journal of Physiology 585:663-667.
Heidelberger, R. (2007). Neuroscience: sensors and synchronicity. Nature 450(7170):623-625.
Innocenti, B and Heidelberger, R. (2008). Mechanisms contributing to tonic release at the cone photoreceptor ribbon synapse. Journal of Neurophysiology, 99(1):25-36.
Wan, QF, Vila, A, Zhou ZY, Heidelberger R. (2008). Synaptic vesicle dynamics in mouse rod bipolar cells. Visual Neuroscience, 25(4):523-533.
Melicoff E, Sansores-Garcia L, Gomez A, Moreira DC, Datta P, Thakur P, Siddiqi T, Murthy J, Dickey BF, Heidelberger R, and Adachi R. (2009). Synaptotagmin-2 controls regulated exocytosis but not other secretory responses of mast cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284(29):19445-51.
2010-2014
Curtis L*, Datta P*, Liu X, Bogdanova N, Heidelberger R and Janz R. (2010)
Syntaxin 3B is essential for the exocytosis of synaptic vesicles in ribbon synapses of the retina. Neuroscience 166(3):832-41. *both authors contributed equally
Duncan G, Rabl K, Gemp I, Heidelberger R, and Thoreson WB. (2010) Quantitative modeling of synaptic release at the photoreceptor synapse. Biophysical Journal 98(10):2102-2110.
Wan QF, Zhou ZY, Thakur P, Vila A, Sherry D, Janz R, and Heidelberger R (2010). SV2B regulates intracellular Ca2+ and synaptic vesicle dynamics. Neuron, 66:884-895.
Frazão R, McMahon DG, Schunack W, Datta P, Heidelberger R, Marshak DW. (2011). Histamine effects on dopaminergic cells in mouse retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 52:3083-3088.
Wan QF and Heidelberger R. Synaptic release at mammalian bipolar cell terminals. (2011). Visual Neuroscience, 28(1):109-19.
Wan QF, Nixon E, Heidelberger R. (2012). Regulation of presynaptic calcium in a mammalian synaptic terminal. Journal of Neurophysiology, 108(11):3059-3067. “Editor’s Pick”
Liu X, Heidelberger R, and Janz R. Phosphorylation of syntaxin 3B by CamKII regulates the formation of a t-SNARE complex. (2014). Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 60:553-562.
Heidelberger, R., Shouval, H., Zucker R.S., and Byrne JH. (2014). Synaptic Plasticity. In: From Molecules to Networks; an introduction to cellular and molecular neuroscience, 3rd Edition. Editors: J.H. Byrne, R. Heidelberger, and M.N. Waxham. Elsevier.
Byrne, J.H., Heidelberger, R., and Waxham, M.N., Editors. (2014). From Molecules to Networks; an introduction to cellular and molecular neuroscience, 3rd Edition. Elsevier.