Alexander Matthias Walter

Alexander Matthias Walter

Associate Professor - Promotion Programme


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Editorial: Functional and molecular insights of neural circuit adaptation, refinement, and remodeling

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, Uesaka, N. & Midorikawa, M., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17, 3 p., 1213640.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  3. Published

    Interactive nanocluster compaction of the ELKS scaffold and Cacophony Ca2+ channels drives sustained active zone potentiation

    Ghelani, Tina, Escher, M., Thomas, U., Esch, K., Lützkendorf, J., Depner, H., Maglione, M., Parutto, P., Gratz, S., Matkovic-Rachid, T., Ryglewski, S., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Holcman, D., O'Connor Giles, K., Heine, M. & Sigrist, S. J., 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 7, 21 p., eade7804.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Rate-limiting recovery processes in neurotransmission under sustained stimulation

    Ernst, A., Unger, N., Schütte, C., Walter, Alexander Matthias & Winkelmann, S., 2023, In: Mathematical Biosciences. 362, 15 p., 109023.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Spontaneous neurotransmission at evocable synapses predicts their responsiveness to action potentials

    Grasskamp, A. T., Jusyte, M., McCarthy, A. W., Götz, T. W. B., Ditlevsen, Susanne & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17, 1129417.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Unc13A dynamically stabilizes vesicle priming at synaptic release sites for short-term facilitation and homeostatic potentiation

    Jusyte, M., Blaum, Natalie, Böhme, M. A., Berns, M. M. M., Bonard, A. E., Vámosi, Á. B., Pushpalatha, Kavya Vinayan, Kobbersmed, J. R. L. & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2023, In: Cell Reports. 42, 6, 25 p., 112541.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 2022
  8. Published

    Allosteric stabilization of calcium and phosphoinositide dual binding engages several synaptotagmins in fast exocytosis

    Kobbersmed, J. R. L., Berns, M. M. M., Ditlevsen, Susanne, Sørensen, Jakob Balslev & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2022, In: eLife. 11, 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Synaptotagmin 7 docks synaptic vesicles for Doc2α-triggered asynchronous neurotransmitter release

    Wu, Z., Kusick, G., Berns, M., Raychaudhuri, S., Itoh, K., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Chapman, E. & Watanabe, S., 2022, 1 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    Allosteric stabilization of calcium and lipid binding engages three synaptotagmins in fast exocytosis

    Kobbersmed, J. R. L., Berns, M. M. M., Ditlevsen, Susanne, Sørensen, Jakob Balslev & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 23 Oct 2021, bioRxiv, p. 1-56.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  12. Published

    Glial Synaptobrevin mediates peripheral nerve insulation, neural metabolic supply and is required for motor function

    Boehme, M., McCarthy, A., Blaum, N., Berezeckaja, M., Ponimaskine, K., Schwefel, D. & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2021, p. E310. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Glial Synaptobrevin mediates peripheral nerve insulation, neural metabolic supply, and is required for motor function

    Böhme, M. A., McCarthy, A. W., Blaum, N., Berezeckaja, M., Ponimaskine, K., Schwefel, D. & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2021, In: Glia. 69, 8, p. 1897-1915 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2020
  15. Functional architecture of the synaptic transducers at a central glutamatergic synapse

    Brockmann, M., Toulme, E., Grasskamp, A., Trimbuch, T., Südhof, T., Walter, Alexander Matthias & Rosenmund, C., 2020, 1 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  16. Live-cell lipid biochemistry reveals a role of diacylglycerol side-chain composition for cellular lipid dynamics and protein affinities

    Schuhmacher, M., Grasskamp, A. T., Barahtjan, P., Wagner, N., Lombardot, B., Schuhmacher, J. S., Sala, P., Lohmann, A., Henry, I., Shevchenko, A., Coskun, Ü., Walter, Alexander Matthias & Nadler, A., 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 14, p. 7729-7738 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Rapid regulation of vesicle priming explains synaptic facilitation despite heterogeneous vesicle: Ca2+ channel distances

    Kobbersmed, J. R. L., Grasskamp, A. T., Jusyte, M., Boehme, M. A., Ditlevsen, Susanne, Sørensen, Jakob Balslev & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2020, In: eLife. 9, 48 p., e51032.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 2019
  19. Homeostatic scaling of active zone scaffolds maintains global synaptic strength

    Goel, P., Dufour Bergeron, D., Böhme, M. A., Nunnelly, L., Lehmann, M., Buser, C., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Sigrist, S. J. & Dickman, D., 2019, In: The Journal of Cell Biology. 218, 5, p. 1706-1724 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Rapid active zone remodeling consolidates presynaptic potentiation

    Böhme, M. A., McCarthy, A. W., Grasskamp, A. T., Beuschel, C. B., Goel, P., Jusyte, M., Laber, D., Huang, S., Rey, U., Petzoldt, A. G., Lehmann, M., Göttfert, F., Haghighi, P., Hell, S. W., Owald, D., Dickman, D., Sigrist, S. J. & Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, 16 p., 1085.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2018
  22. Regulation of synaptic release-site Ca2+ channel coupling as a mechanism to control release probability and short-term plasticity.

    Böhme, M., Grasskamp, A. & Walter, Alexander Matthias, Jul 2018, In: FEBS Letters. p. 3516-3531 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  23. Active Zone Scaffold Protein Ratios Tune Functional Diversity across Brain Synapses

    Fulterer, A., Andlauer, T. F. M., Ender, A., Maglione, M., Eyring, K., Woitkuhn, J., Lehmann, M., Matkovic-Rachid, T., Geiger, J. R. P., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Nagel, K. I. & Sigrist, S. J., 1 May 2018, In: Cell Reports. 23, 5, p. 1259-1274 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2017
  25. Vesicle release site organization at synaptic active zones.

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, Böhme, M. & Sigrist, S., Dec 2017, In: Neuroscience Research. 127, p. 3-13 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate optical uncaging potentiates exocytosis

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, Müller, R., Tawfik, B., Wierda, K. D., Pinheiro, P. S., Nadler, A., McCarthy, A. W., Ziomkiewicz, I., Kruse, M., Reither, G., Rettig, J., Lehmann, M., Haucke, V., Hille, B., Schultz, C. & Sørensen, Jakob Balslev, 2017, In: eLife. 6, 41 p., e30203.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Stable Positioning of Unc13 Restricts Synaptic Vesicle Fusion to Defined Release Sites to Promote Synchronous Neurotransmission

    Reddy-Alla, S., Böhme, M. A., Reynolds, E., Beis, C., Grasskamp, A. T., Mampell, M. M., Maglione, M., Jusyte, M., Rey, U., Babikir, H., McCarthy, A. W., Quentin, C., Matkovic, T., Bergeron, D. D., Mushtaq, Z., Göttfert, F., Owald, D., Mielke, T., Hell, S. W., Sigrist, S. J. & 1 others, Walter, Alexander Matthias, 2017, In: Neuron. 95, 6, p. 1350-1364 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. 2016
  29. RIM-binding protein 2 regulates release probability by fine-tuning calcium channel localization at murine hippocampal synapses

    Grauel, M. K., Maglione, M., Reddy-Alla, S., Willmes, C. G., Brockmann, M. M., Trimbuch, T., Rosenmund, T., Pangalos, M., Vardar, G., Stumpf, A., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Rost, B. R., Eickholt, B. J., Haucke, V., Schmitz, D., Sigrist, S. J. & Rosenmund, C., 11 Oct 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 41, p. 11615-11620 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Active zone scaffolds differentially accumulate Unc13 isoforms to tune Ca(2+) channel-vesicle coupling

    Böhme, M. A., Beis, C., Reddy-Alla, S., Reynolds, E., Mampell, M. M., Grasskamp, A. T., Lützkendorf, J., Bergeron, D. D., Driller, J. H., Babikir, H., Göttfert, F., Robinson, I. M., O'Kane, C. J., Hell, S. W., Wahl, M. C., Stelzl, U., Loll, B., Walter, Alexander Matthias & Sigrist, S. J., 2016, In: Nature Neuroscience. 19, 10, p. 1311-1320 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 2015
  32. Published

    Additive effects on the energy barrier for synaptic vesicle fusion cause supralinear effects on the vesicle fusion rate

    Schotten, S., Meijer, M., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Huson, V., Mamer, L., Kalogreades, L., Ter Veer, M., Ruiter, M., Brose, N., Rosenmund, C., Sørensen, Jakob Balslev, Verhage, M. & Cornelisse, L. N., 2015, In: eLife. 4, p. 1-25 25 p., e05531.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Presynaptic spinophilin tunes neurexin signalling to control active zone architecture and function

    Muhammad, K., Reddy-Alla, S., Driller, J. H., Schreiner, D., Rey, U., Böhme, M. A., Hollmann, C., Ramesh, N., Depner, H., Lützkendorf, J., Matkovic, T., Götz, T., Bergeron, D. D., Schmoranzer, J., Goettfert, F., Holt, M., Wahl, M. C., Hell, S. W., Scheiffele, P., Walter, A. M. & 2 others, Loll, B. & Sigrist, S. J., 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 15 p., 8362.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 2014
  35. Published

    The SNARE protein vti1a functions in dense-core vesicle biogenesis

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, Kurps, J., de Wit, H., Schöning, S., Toft-Bertelsen, Trine Lisberg, Lauks, J., Ziomkiewicz, I., Weiss, A. N., Schulz, Alexander, Fischer von Mollard, G., Verhage, M. & Sørensen, Jakob Balslev, 5 Jun 2014, In: E M B O Journal. 33, p. 1681-1697 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Clathrin/AP-2 mediate synaptic vesicle reformation from endosome-like vacuoles but are not essential for membrane retrieval at central synapses

    Kononenko, N. L., Puchkov, D., Classen, G. A., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Pechstein, A., Sawade, L., Kaempf, N., Trimbuch, T., Lorenz, D., Rosenmund, C., Maritzen, T. & Haucke, V., 4 Jun 2014, In: Neuron. 82, 5, p. 981-8 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. A presynaptic role for the cytomatrix protein GIT in synaptic vesicle recycling

    Podufall, J., Tian, R., Knoche, E., Puchkov, D., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Rosa, S., Quentin, C., Vukoja, A., Jung, N., Lampe, A., Wichmann, C., Böhme, M., Depner, H., Zhang, Y. Q., Schmoranzer, J., Sigrist, S. J. & Haucke, V., 2014, In: Cell Reports. 7, 5, p. 1417-1425 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 2013
  39. Published

    A sequential vesicle pool model with a single release sensor and a ca(2+)-dependent priming catalyst effectively explains ca(2+)-dependent properties of neurosecretion

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, da Silva Pinheiro, P. C., Verhage, M. & Sørensen, Jakob Balslev, Dec 2013, In: P L o S Computational Biology (Online). 9, 12, p. 1-15 15 p., e1003362.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Doc2b synchronizes secretion from chromaffin cells by stimulating fast and inhibiting sustained release

    da Silva Pinheiro, P. C., de Wit, H., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Groffen, A. J., Verhage, M. & Sørensen, Jakob Balslev, 16 Oct 2013, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 33, 42, p. 16459-70 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2011
  42. Published

    Multiple Ca2+ sensors in secretion: teammates, competitors or autocrats?

    Walter, Alexander Matthias, Groffen, A. J., Sørensen, Jakob Balslev & Verhage, M., 2011, In: Trends in Neurosciences. 34, 9, p. 487-97 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  43. 2009
  44. Published

    Synaptotagmin-1 docks secretory vesicles to syntaxin-1/SNAP-25 acceptor complexes

    de Wit, H., Walter, Alexander Matthias, Milosevic, I., Gulyás-Kovács, A., Riedel, D., Sørensen, Jakob Balslev & Verhage, M., 2009, In: Cell. 138, 5, p. 935-946 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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