1 1 kek-6 : a truncated-trk-like receptor for drosophila neurotrophin 2 2 regulates structural synaptic plasticity 3 4 5

1 KEK-6: A TRUNCATED-TRK-LIKE RECEPTOR FOR DROSOPHILA NEUROTROPHIN 2 2 REGULATES STRUCTURAL SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY 3 4 5 Suzana Ulian-Benitez, Simon Bishop, Istvan Foldi, Jill Wentzell, Chinenye Okenwa, 6 Manuel G. Forero, Bangfu Zhu, Marta Moreira, Mark Phizacklea, Graham McIlroy, 7 Nicholas J Gay, Alicia Hidalgo* 8 9 1, NeuroDevelopment Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, 10 Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. 2, Grupo D+Tec, Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia. 11 3, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 12 13 ‡ These authors contributed equally 14 15 16 *Author for correspondence: a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk 17 Phone: 00 44 (0)121 4145416 Fax: 00 44 (0)121 4145445 18 www.biosciences-labs.bham.ac.uk/hidalgo 19 http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/biosciences/hidalgo-alicia.aspx 20 21 22