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1.       Kordas M and Zorec R (1984) The voltage and temperature dependence of the end-plate current in frog skeletal muscle. Pflügers Arch. 401: 408-413.

2.       McBurney RN, Smith SM and Zorec R (1985a) Conductance states of -aminobutyric acid- and glycine-activated chloride (Cl-) channels in rat spinal neurones in cell culture. J. Physiol. 365: 87P.

3.       McBurney RN, Smith SM and Zorec R (1985b) Extracellular caesium ions (Cs+) activate a chloride (Cl-) permeability in rat cultured spinal cord neurones. J. Physiol. 367: 68P.

4.       Henigman F, Kordas M and Zorec R (1987) An inexensive head stage for the "patch- clamp" apparatus. J. Physiol. 391: 11P.

5.       Hughes D, McBurney RN, Smith SM and Zorec R (1987) Caesium ions activate chloride channels in rat cultured spinal cord neurones. J. Physiol. 392: 231-251.

6.       Mason WT, Sikdar SK and Zorec R (1988) Ca2+-induced cell membrane capacitance increase in bovine lactotrophs in vitro. J. Physiol. 407: 88P.

7.       Mason WT, Rawlings SR, Cobbett P, Sikdar SK, Zorec R, Akerman SN, Benham CD, Berridge MJ, Cheek T and Moreton RB (1988) Control of secretion in anterior pituitary cells -Linking ion channels, messengers and exocytosis. J. Exp. Biol. 139: 287-316.

8.       Zorec R, Mason WT and Sikdar SK (1988) Capacitance measurements on bovine lactotrophs In Vitro. J. Gen. Physiol. 92: 11a.

9.       Kordas M, Melik Z, Peterec D and Zorec R (1989) The voltage-clamp apparatus assisted by a "current-pump". J. Neurosci. Methods 26: 229-232.

10.   Mason WT, Sikdar SK, Zorec R, Akerman SN, Rawlings SR, Cheek T, Moreton RB and Berridge MJ (1989) Ion channels, intracellular calcium and exocytosis: Control of hormone secretion in cultured bovine pituitary lactotrophs. In: Secretion and its control. Ch. 14. pp 226- 238. The Rockefeller Press.

11.   Sikdar SK, Zorec R, Brown D and Mason WT (1989) Dual effects of G-protein activation on Ca-dependent exocytosis in bovine lactotrophs. FEBS Letts. 253: 88-92.

12.   Sikdar SK, Zorec R and Mason WT (1989) Effects of intracellular dialysis with non- hydrolyzable GTP-analogues on exocytosis in bovine pituitary lactotrophs. J. Gen. Physiol. 94: 14a.

13.   Smith SM, Zorec R and McBurney RN (1989) On the conductance states activated by glycine and GABA in rat cultured spinal neurones. J. Membr. Biol. 108: 45-52.

14.   Brown D, Mason WT, Sikdar SK and Zorec R (1990) Intracellular dialysis with no-hydrolysable GTP analogues affect Ca-induced exocytosis in bovine pituitary lactotrophs in vitro. J. Physiol. 420: 143P.

15.   Mason WT, Hoyland J, Kato M, Akerman SN, Bunting R and Zorec R. (1990) Dynamic video imaging of intracellular calcium and exocytosis in anterior pituitary cells secreting prolactin and growth hormone. Trans Roy Microscopial Soc, Chapter 13, pp. 471-474, IOP Publishing Ltd.

16.   Sikdar SK, Zorec R and Mason WT (1990) cAMP directly facilitates Ca-induced exocytosis in bovine lactotrophs. FEBS Letts. 273: 150-154.

17.   Zorec R, Tester M, Macek P and Mason WT (1990) Cytotoxicity of Equinatoxin II from the sea anemone Actinia equina involves ion channel formation and an increase in intracellular calcium activity. J. Membrane Biol. 118: 243-249.

18.   Akerman SN, Zorec R, Cheek TR, Moreton RB, Berridge MJ and Mason WT (1991) Fura-2 imaging of TRH and dopamine effects on calcium homeostasis of bovine lactotrophs. Endocrinology 129: 475-488.

19.   Kordas M, Melik Z, Peterec D and Zorec R (1991) Current pump-assisted voltage-clamp apparatus. Methods in Neurosciences 4: 94-102.

20.   Kordas M, Scuka M and Zorec R (1991) Anticholinesterase drugs and the mechanism of neuromuscular transmission. In: Restorative Neurology, A. Wernig, Vol. 5 (185-191). Elsevier Science Publishers BV.

21.   Mason WT, Hoyland J, Neylon CB, Kato M, Akerman SN, Bunting R, Tregear RT and Zorec R (1991) Dynamic, real time imaging of fluorescent probes of biological activity in living cells. Journal of Medical Laboratory Science 5: 41-52.

22.   Ruzzier F, Grohovaz F, Lorenzon P and Zorec R (1991) Properties of acetylcholine receptor channels in isolated skeletal muscle fibres in culture. In: Restorative Neurology, Vol.5, A.Wernig (ed.), Elsevier Science Publishers BV (145-150).

23.   Zorec R, Henigman F, Mason WT and Kordas M (1991) Electrophysiological Study of Hormone Secretion by single Adenohypophyseal Cells. Methods in Neurosciences 4: 194-210.

24.   Zorec R, Hoyland J, Relf G, Bunting R and Mason WT (1991) Dynamic four video imaging of intracellular pH and calcium homeostasis in cultured bovine lactotrophs. J. Physiol. 446: 64P.

25.   Zorec R, Sikdar SK and Mason WT (1991) Increased cytosolic calcium stimulates exocytosis in bovine lactotrophs. Direct evidence from changes in membrane capacitance. J. Gen. Physiol. 97:473-497.

26.   Lledo P-M, Zorec R, Vernier P and Mason WT (1992) Anti-sense oligonucleotides injected with the patch-clamp technique reveal a small GTP-binding protein in the control of exocytosis in rat anterior pituitary cells. J. Physiol. 452: 298P.

27.   Rupnik M, and Zorec R (1992) Cytosolic chloride ions stimulate Ca2+-induced exocytosis in melanotrophs. FEBS Letts. 303: 221-223.

28.   Zorec R (1992) Exocytosis in anterior pituitary cells. Acta Pharm 42: 281-286.

29.   Zorec R, Scuka M and Kordas M (1992) Effects of reversible and irreversible cholinesterase inhibitors on acetylcholine-activated single channels. J. Memb. Biol. 125: 41-48.

30.   Zorec R and Tester M (1992) Cytoplasmic calcium stimulates exocytosis in a plant secretory cell. Biophys. J. 63: 864-867.

31.   Grohovaz F, Lorenzon P, Ruzzier F and Zorec R (1993) Adult rat skeletal muscle fibres acquire denervation like properties in culture. J. Membrane. Biol. 136: 31-42.

32.   Kocmur L, and Zorec R (1993) A new approach to separation of voltage-activated Ca2+ currents in rat melanotrophs. Pflügers Arch. 425: 172-174.

33.   Lledo P-M, Vernier P, Didier J-D, Mason WT and Zorec R (1993) Inhibition of Rab 3B expression attenuates Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in rat anterior pituitary cells. Nature 364: 543- 544.

34.   Mason WT, Hoyland J, Davison I, Carew MA, Jonassen J, Zorec R, Lledo P-M, Shankar G and Horton M (1993) Technology for real time fluorescent ratio imaging in living cells using fluorescent probes for ions. In: Molecular Imaging in Neuroscience. A practical Approach. Ed.: N.A.Sharif. IRL Press. pp: 171-207.

35.   Mason WT, Hoyland J, Davison I, Carew MA, Somasundram B, Tregear R, Zorec R, Lledo P-M, Shankar G and Horton M (1993) Quantitative Real-Time Imaging of optical probes in living cells. Ch. 12; In: Fluorescent and Luminiscent Probes for Biological Activity: A Practical Guide to Technology for Quantitative Real-Time Analysis, ed. W.T.Mason. Academic press (161-196).

36.   Zorec R, Hoyland J and Mason WT (1993) Simultaneous measurements of cytosolic pH and calcium interactions in bovine lactotrophs using optical probes and four-wavelenght quantitative video microscopy. Pflügers Arch. 423: 41-50.

37.   Zorec R and Tester M (1993) Rapid pressure driven exocytosis-endocytosis cycle in a single plant cell. Capacitance measurements in aleurone protoplasts. FEBS Letts. 333: 283-286.

38.   Suput D and Zorec R (editors) (1994) Toxins and Exocytosis. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. Vol.710.

39.   Lledo P-M, Vernier P, Vincent J-D, Mason WT and Zorec R (1994) New approaches in the study of stimulus-secretion coupling in anterior pituitary cells. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 710: 301-318.

40.   Rupnik M and Zorec R (1994) Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins control Ca2+-independent secretory activity of rat melanotrophs. J. Physiol. 475P: 142P.

41.   Rupnik M, Zupancic G, Kocmur L, Grilc S and Kordas M (1994) The effect of increased chloride concentration on depolarization induced free cytosolic calcium concentration and secretory activity. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 710: 319-327.

42.   Tester M and Zorec R (1994) Control of exocytosis in a plant secretory cell by cytosolic Ca2+ and hydrostatic pressure. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 710: 254-260.

43.   Trontelj Z, Zorec R, Jazbinsek V, Erne SN (1994) Magnetic detection of a single action potential in Chara corallina at cellular level. Biophys. J. 66:1694-1696

44.   Zorec R, Zupancic G, Rupnik M, Kocmur L, Grilc S and Kordas M (1994) Understanding the control of exocytotic secretion in single adenohypophyseal cells. NIPS 9:219-223.

45.   Zupancic G, Kocmur L, Veranic P, Grilc S, Kordas M and Zorec R (1994) The separation of exocytosis from endocytosis in rat melanotroph membrane capacitance records. J. Physiol. 480(3):539-552.

46.   Zupancic G and Zorec R (1994) cAMP increases the size of unitary exocytotic events in cultured rat melanotrophs. J Physiol 475P: 136P-137P.

47.   Lledo P-M, Johannes L, Vernier P, Zorec R, Darchen F, Vincent J-D , Henry J-P and Mason WT (1994) Rab3 proteins: key players in the control of exocytosis. Trends in Neurosciences 17:426-432.

48.   Thiel G, Rupnik M and Zorec R (1994) Raising cytosolic Ca2+ concentration increases membrane capacitance of maize coleoptile protoplasts: evidence for Ca2+ stimulated exocytosis. Planta 195:305-308.

49.   Lledo P-M, Mason WT and Zorec R (1994) Study of stimulus-secretion coupling in single cells using antisense oligonucleotides and patch-clamp techniques to inhibit specific protein expression. Cell Mol Neurobiol 14:539-556.

50.   Mason WT, Dempster J, Zorec R, Hoyland J and Lledo P-M (1995) Fluorescent measurements of cytosolic calcium: Combined photometry with electrophysiology. Methods in Neurosciences 27:81-122.

51.   Graf J, Rupnik M, Zupancic G and Zorec R (1995) Osmotic swelling of hepatocytes increases membrane conductance but not membrane capacitance. Biophy J 68: 1359-1363.

52.   Rupnik M., Law GJ, Northrop AJ, Mason WT and Zorec R (1995) Brefeldin A and a synthetic peptide to ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) inhibit regulated exocytosis in melanotrophs. Neuroreport 6:853-856.

53.   Rupnik M, Zorec R (1995) Intracellular Cl- modulates Ca2+-induced exocytosis from rat melanotrophs through GTP-binding proteins. Pflügers Arch. 431:76-83.

54.   Kocmur-Bobanoviè L, Zorec R (1996) Nicardipine enantiomers inhibit calcium and outward currents in rat pars intermedia cells. Neurosci. lett., 207:121-124.

55.   Zorec R (1996) Calcium signaling and secretion in pituitary cells. Trends endocrinol. metab. 7:384-388.

56.   Rupnik M, Law GJ, Mason WT, Zorec R (1997) Mastoparan and Rab3AL peptide potentiation of calcium-independent secretory activity in rat melanotrophs is inhibited by GDPbetaS. FEBS lett., 411:356-358.

57.   Kreft M., Zorec R (1997) Cell-attached measurements of attofarad capacitance steps in rat melanotrophs. Pflügers Arch., 434:212-214.

58.   Sikdar SK, Kreft M, Zorec R (1998) Modulation of the unitary exocytic event amplitude by cAMP in rat melanotrophs. J. physiol., 511:851-859.

59.   Thiel G, Kreft M, Zorec R (1998) Unitary exocytotic and endocytotic events in Zea mays L. coleoptile protoplasts. Plant J., 13:117-120.

60.   Zhang X, Ogorevc B, Rupnik M, Kreft M, Zorec R (1999) Cathophoresis paint insulated carbon fibre ultramicro disc electrode and its application to in vivo amperometric monitoring of quantal secretion from single rat melanotrophs. Anal. chim. acta 378:135-143.

61.   Kreft M, Gasman S, Chasserot-Golaz S, Kuster V, Rupnik M, Sikdar SK, Bader M-F, Zorec R (1999) The heterotrimeric Gi3 protein acts in slow but not in fast exocytosis of rat melanotrophs. J. Cell Sci., 112:4143-4150.

62.   Chowdhury HH, Popoff MR, Zorec R (1999) Actin cytoskeleton depolymerization with Clostridium spiroforme toxin enhancesthe secretory activity of rat melanotrophs. J. physiol. (London) 521:389-395.

63.   Weise R, Kreft M, Zorec R, Homann U, Thiel G (2000) Transient and permanent fusion of vesicles in Zea mays coleoptile protoplastsmeasured in the cell-attached configuration. J. membr. bio. 174:15-20.

64.   Chowdhury HH, Popoff MR, Zorec R (2000) Actin cytoskeleton and exocytosis in rat melanotrophs. Pflügers Arch. 439, suppl.:R148-R149.

65.   Rupnik M, Kreft M, Sikdar SK, Grilc S, Romih R, Zupanèiè G,Martin TFJ, Zorec R (2000) Rapid Regulated Dense-Core Vesicle Exocytosis Requires CAPS. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97:5627-5632.

66.   Glavan G, Zorec R, Babiè K, Sket D, ®ivin M. (2000) Dopaminergic regulation of synaptotagmin I and IV mRNAs in hemiparkinsonian rts. Neuroreport 11: 4043-4047.

67.   Ko¹melj K, Cedilnik A, Veraniè P, Zupanèiè G, Rupnik M, Kocmur L, Zorec R. (2001) Intergranule fusion in rat pars intermedia cells. Image Anal. Stereol. 20:79-85.

68.   Poberaj I, Rupnik M, Kreft M, Sikdar SK, Zorec R. (2002) Modeling excess retrival in rat melantroph membrane capacitance records. Biophys. J. 82:226-232.

69.   Chowdhury HH, Kreft M, Zorec R. (2002) Distinct effect of actin cytoskeleton disassembly on exo- and endocytic events in a membrane patch of rat melanotrophs. J. Physiol. 545:879-886.

70.   Chowdhury HH, Kreft M, Zorec R. (2002) Rapid insulin-induced exocytosis in white rat adipocytes. Eur. J. Physiol. Pflügers Arch 445:352-356.

71.   Kreft M, Kuster V, Grilc S, Rupnik M, Milisav I, Zorec R. (2003) Synaptotagmin I increase the probability of vesicle fusion at low (Ca2+) in pituitary cells. Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 284:C547-C554.

72.   Kr¾an M, Stenovec M, Kreft M, Pangr¹iè T, Grilc S, Haydon PG, Zorec R. (2003) Calcium-dependent exocytosis of atrial natriuretic peptide from astrocytes. J Neurosci. 23:1580-1583.

73.   Kreft M, Krizaj D, Grilc S, and Zorec R (2003) Properties of exocytotic response in vertebrate photoreceptors. J. Neurophysiol. 90: 218-225.

74.   Kreft M, Milisav I, Potokar M, Zorec R. (2003) Automated high through-put colocalization analysis of multichannel confocal images. Comput. Meth. Prog. Bio. accepted.

75.   Potokar M, Milisav I, Kreft M, Stenovec M, Zorec R. (2003) Apoptosis triggered redistribution of caspase-9 from cytoplasm to mitochondria. FEBS Lett. 544: 153-159.

76.   Evanko DS, Zhang Q, Zorec R, Haydon PG. (2004) Defining pathways of loss and secretion of chemical messengers from astrocytes. Glia 47:233-240.

77.   Gabrijel M, Repnik U, Kreft M, Grilc S, Jeras M, Zorec R (2004) Quantification of cell hybridoma yields with confocal microscopy nad flow cytometry. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 314: 717-723.

78.   Petroviè U, ©ribar J, Pari¹ A, Rupnik M, Kr¾an M, Vardjan N, Guben¹ek F, Zorec R, Kri¾aj I. (2004) Ammodytoxin, a neurotoxic secreted phospholipase A2 can act in the cytosol of the nerve cell. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 324: 981-985.

79.   Kreft M, Milisav I, Potokar M, Zorec R. (2004) Automated high through-put colonization analysis of multichannel confocal images. Comput. Methods Programs Biomed. 74: 64-67.

80.   Stenovec M, Kreft M, Poberaj I, Betz WJ., Zorec R. (2004) Slow spontaneous secretion from single large dense-core vesicles monitored in neuroendocrine cells. FASEB J. 18: 1-18.

81.   Kreft M, Stenovec M, Rupnik M, Grilc S, Kr¾an M, Potokar M, Pangr¹iè T, Haydon PG., Zorec R. (2004) Properties of Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in cultured astrocytes. Glia 46: 437-445.

82.   Zhang Q, Pangr¹iè T, Kreft M, Kr¾an M, Li N, Sul J-Y, Halassa M, Van Bockstaele E, Zorec R, Haydon PG. (2004) Fusion-related release of glutamate from astrocytes. J Biol Chem. 279: 12724-12733.

83.   Sedej S, Tsujimoto T, Zorec R, Rupnik M. (2004) Voltage-activated Ca2+ channels and their role in the endocrine function of the pituitary gland in newborn and adult mice. J Physiol. 555: 769-782.

84.   Chowdhury HH, Grilc S, Zorec R. (2005) Insulin induces a rapid increase in membrane area in single rat adipocytes. Adipocytes 1: 131-138.

85.   Sedej S, Rupnik M, Zorec R. (2005) Endocytosis-dominated membrane area decrease requires rab5 protein in rat melanotrophs. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1048: 272-280.

86.   Potokar M, Kreft M, Pangr¹iè T, Zorec R. (2005) Vesicle mobility studied in cultured astrocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 329: 678-683. 

87.   Stenovec M, Poberaj I, Kreft M, Zorec R. (2005) Concentration-dependent staining of lactotroph vesicles by FM 4-64. Biophys. J. 88: 2607-2613.

88.   Chowdhury HH, Jev¹ek M, Kreft M, Mar¹ T, Zorec R, Grubiè Z. (2005) Insulin-induced exocytosis in single, in vitro innervated human muscle fibres = a new approach. Pflügers Arch 450: 131-135.  

89.   Kreft M, Stenovec M, Zorec R. (2005) Focus-drift correction in time-lapse confocal imaging. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1048: 321-30.

90.   Chowdhury HH, Grilc S, Zorec R. (2005) Correlated ATP-Induced Changes in Membrane Area and Membrane Conductance in Single Rat Adipocytes  Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1048: 281-286.

91.   Potokar M, Kreft M, Chowdhury HH, Vardjan N, Zorec R. (2005) Sub-cellular localization of Apaf-1 in apoptotic rat pituitary cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2005 accepted.

92.   Sikdar SK, Kreft M, Pangrsic T, Grilc S, Zorec R (2005) FM1-43 measurements of local exocytotic events in rat melanotrophs, FEBS Lett. 2005  DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.049