"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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synapses" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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Balanced synaptic impact via distance-dependent synapse distribution and complementary expression of AMPARs and NMDARs in hippocampal dendrites. Neuron. 2013 Dec 18; 80(6):1451-63.
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Flavonoids induce the expression of synaptic proteins, synaptotagmin, and postsynaptic density protein-95 in cultured rat cortical neuron. Planta Med. 2013 Dec; 79(18):1710-4.
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Regulation of cyclic AMP response element binding and hippocampal plasticity-related genes by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a. Cell Rep. 2013 Aug 29; 4(4):724-37.
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The Alzheimer's ?-secretase BACE1 localizes to normal presynaptic terminals and to dystrophic presynaptic terminals surrounding amyloid plaques. Acta Neuropathol. 2013 Sep; 126(3):329-52.
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Inactivation of the microRNA-183/96/182 cluster results in syndromic retinal degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 05; 110(6):E507-16.
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Thinking outside the cleft to understand synaptic activity: contribution of the cystine-glutamate antiporter (System xc-) to normal and pathological glutamatergic signaling. Pharmacol Rev. 2012 Jul; 64(3):780-802.
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Spatially restricted actin-regulatory signaling contributes to synapse morphology. J Neurochem. 2012 Jun; 121(6):852-60.
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PRiMA directs a restricted localization of tetrameric AChE at synapses. Chem Biol Interact. 2010 Sep 06; 187(1-3):78-83.