Francisco J. Barrantes

Research interests

Publications

• Deficits in cholinergic neurotransmission and their clinical correlates in Parkinson’s disease

  npj Parkinson s Disease · 2016 · 10.1038/npjparkd.2016.1

• How cholesterol interacts with membrane proteins: an exploration of cholesterol-binding sites including CRAC, CARC, and tilted domains

  Frontiers in Physiology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2013.00031

• Disclosure of cholesterol recognition motifs in transmembrane domains of the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

  Scientific Reports · 2011 · 10.1038/srep00069

• Sphingolipid/cholesterol regulation of neurotransmitter receptor conformation and function

  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · 2009 · 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.08.016

• Nanoscale organization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors revealed by stimulated emission depletion microscopy

  Neuroscience · 2006 · 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.08.071

• Structural basis for lipid modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function

  Brain Research Reviews · 2004 · 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.06.008

• Apoptosis of Retinal Photoreceptors During Development In Vitro: Protective Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid

  Journal of Neurochemistry · 1997 · 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69020504.x

• Functional properties of the acetylcholine receptor incorporated in model lipid membranes. Differential effects of chain length and head group of phospholipids on receptor affinity states and receptor-mediated ion translocation.

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1984 · 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)47283-8

• Effects of lipids on acetylcholine receptor. Essential need of cholesterol for maintenance of agonist-induced state transitions in lipid vesicles

  Biochemistry · 1982 · 10.1021/bi00258a015

• Immobilized lipid in acetylcholine receptor-rich membranes from Torpedo marmorata.

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1978 · 10.1073/pnas.75.9.4329

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