"Synapses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specialized junctions at which a neuron communicates with a target cell. At classical synapses, a neuron's presynaptic terminal releases a chemical transmitter stored in synaptic vesicles which diffuses across a narrow synaptic cleft and activates receptors on the postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The target may be a dendrite, cell body, or axon of another neuron, or a specialized region of a muscle or secretory cell. Neurons may also communicate via direct electrical coupling with ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Several other non-synaptic chemical or electric signal transmitting processes occur via extracellular mediated interactions.
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D013569
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.850 A11.284.149.165.420.780
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synapses" by people in Profiles.
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Microglial Correlates of Late Life Physical Activity: Relationship with Synaptic and Cognitive Aging in Older Adults. J Neurosci. 2022 01 12; 42(2):288-298.
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Synaptic proteins associated with cognitive performance and neuropathology in older humans revealed by multiplexed fractionated proteomics. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 09; 105:99-114.
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Cognitive aging is associated with redistribution of synaptic weights in the hippocampus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 02 23; 118(8).
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The synaptic pathology of cognitive life?. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2019 09; 21(3):271-279.
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Isoform-specific hyperactivation of calpain-2 occurs presymptomatically at the synapse in Alzheimer's disease mice and correlates with memory deficits in human subjects. Sci Rep. 2018 09 03; 8(1):13119.
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Aspirin binds to PPARa to stimulate hippocampal plasticity and protect memory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 07 31; 115(31):E7408-E7417.
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Integrated biology approach reveals molecular and pathological interactions among Alzheimer's A?42, Tau, TREM2, and TYROBP in Drosophila models. Genome Med. 2018 03 29; 10(1):26.
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Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Loss of Synaptic Akt1 Signaling Leads to Deficient Activity-Dependent Protein Translation Early in Alzheimer's Disease. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2017 Dec 01; 27(16):1269-1280.
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Evidence for Alzheimer's disease-linked synapse loss and compensation in mouse and human hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Nov; 220(6):3143-65.
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Life extension factor klotho enhances cognition. Cell Rep. 2014 May 22; 7(4):1065-76.