Recent Publications

Articles

• The cell polarity protein Vangl2 in the muscle shapes the neuromuscular synapse by binding to and regulating the tyrosine kinase MuSK.
  Boëx M, Cottin S, Halliez M, Bauché S, Buon C, Sans N, Montcouquiol M, Molgó J, Amar M, Ferry A, Lemaitre M, Rouche A, Langui D, Baskaran A, Fontaine B, Messéant J, Strochlic L : Sci Signal, 2022
• Backbone Cyclization Turns a Venom Peptide into a Stable and Equipotent Ligand at Both Muscle and Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors.
  Giribaldi J, Haufe Y, Evans ERJ, Amar M, Durner A, Schmidt C, Faucherre A, Moha Ou Maati H, Enjalbal C, Molgó J, Servent D, Wilson DT, Daly NL, Nicke A, Dutertre S : J Med Chem, 2020
• Dp71-Dystrophin Deficiency Alters Prefrontal Cortex Excitation-Inhibition Balance and Executive Functions.
  Chaussenot R, Amar M, Fossier P, Vaillend C : Mol Neurobiol, 2019
• Aptamer Efficacies for In Vitro and In Vivo Modulation of αC-Conotoxin PrXA Pharmacology.
  Taiwe GS, Montnach J, Nicolas S, De Waard S, Fiore E, Peyrin E, El-Aziz TMA, Amar M, Molgó J, Ronjat M, Servent D, Ravelet C, De Waard M : Molecules, 2019
• A multiscale analysis in CD38(-/-) mice unveils major prefrontal cortex dysfunctions.
  Martucci LL, Amar M, Chaussenot R, Benet G, Bauer O, de Zélicourt A, Nosjean A, Launay JM, Callebert J, Sebrié C, Galione A, Edeline JM, de la Porte S, Fossier P, Granon S, Vaillend C, Cancela JM : FASEB J, 2019
• Prorocentrolide-A from Cultured Prorocentrum lima Dinoflagellates Collected in Japan Blocks Sub-Types of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.
  Amar M, Aráoz R, Iorga BI, Yasumoto T, Servent D, Molgó J : Toxins (Basel), 2018
• Direct evidence for high affinity blockade of Na(V)1.6 channel subtype by huwentoxin-IV spider peptide, using multiscale functional approaches.
  Gonçalves TC, Boukaiba R, Molgó J, Amar M, Partiseti M, Servent D, Benoit E : Neuropharmacology, 2018
• Efficient functional neutralization of lethal peptide toxins in vivo by oligonucleotides.
  El-Aziz TMA, Ravelet C, Molgo J, Fiore E, Pale S, Amar M, Al-Khoury S, Dejeu J, Fadl M, Ronjat M, Taiwe GS, Servent D, Peyrin E, De Waard M : Sci Rep, 2017
• Discovery and characterization of EII(B,) a new α-conotoxin from Conus ermineus venom by nAChRs affinity capture monitored by MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry.
  Echterbille J, Gilles N, Araóz R, Mourier G, Amar M, Servent D, De Pauw E, Quinton L : Toxicon, 2017
• D-Serine and Glycine Differentially Control Neurotransmission during Visual Cortex Critical Period.
  Meunier CN, Dallérac G, Le Roux N, Sacchi S, Levasseur G, Amar M, Pollegioni L, Mothet JP, Fossier P : PLoS One, 2016
• The V-ATPase membrane domain is a sensor of granular pH that controls the exocytotic machinery.
  Poëa-Guyon S, Ammar MR, Erard M, Amar M, Moreau AW, Fossier P, Gleize V, Vitale N, Morel N : J Cell Biol, 2013
• The p21-activated kinase PAK3 forms heterodimers with PAK1 in brain implementing trans-regulation of PAK3 activity.
  Combeau G, Kreis P, Domenichini F, Amar M, Fossier P, Rousseau V, Barnier JV : J Biol Chem, 2012
• p21-Activated kinase 3 (PAK3) protein regulates synaptic transmission through its interaction with the Nck2/Grb4 protein adaptor.
  Thévenot E, Moreau AW, Rousseau V, Combeau G, Domenichini F, Jacquet C, Goupille O, Amar M, Kreis P, Fossier P, Barnier JV : J Biol Chem, 2011
• Serotoninergic fine-tuning of the excitation-inhibition balance in rat visual cortical networks.
  Moreau AW, Amar M, Le Roux N, Morel N, Fossier P : Cereb Cortex, 2010
• Involvement of nicotinic and muscarinic receptors in the endogenous cholinergic modulation of the balance between excitation and inhibition in the young rat visual cortex.
  Lucas-Meunier E, Monier C, Amar M, Baux G, Frégnac Y, Fossier P : Cereb Cortex, 2009
• [Acquiring new information in a neuronal network: from Hebb’s concept to homeostatic plasticity].
  Le Roux N, Amar M, Fossier P : J Soc Biol, 2008
• Involvement of NR2A- or NR2B-containing N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the potentiation of cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurone inputs depends on the developmental stage.
  Le Roux N, Amar M, Moreau A, Fossier P : Eur J Neurosci, 2007
• Alternative splicing controls neuronal expression of v-ATPase subunit a1 and sorting to nerve terminals.
  Poëa-Guyon S, Amar M, Fossier P, Morel N : J Biol Chem, 2006
• Homeostatic control of the excitation-inhibition balance in cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons.
  Le Roux N, Amar M, Baux G, Fossier P : Eur J Neurosci, 2006