Takahiro Hirabayashi

The paper visualizes homophilic interactions of clustered protocadherin in neurons using a novel FRET probe and finds that these interactions occur at contact sites between neurites and are stable, while synapses show rare homophilic interactions.

The paper examines the localization of cPcdhγ proteins in pre- and post-synaptic compartments of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells and finds an imbalance in their expression.