Recent Advances on Synapses
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1518
Special Issue Editor
Interests: synaptic transmission; plasticity; electrophysiology; movement disorders
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Dear Colleagues,
The synapses perform several important functions in the nervous system that include the development and the normal activity of neurons. Rapidly, the presynaptic terminal transfers the information with a complex mechanism of neurotransmitter release, and postsynaptic specialization senses neurotransmitters through a diverse repertoire of receptors. Multiple lines of the experimental analysis suggest that different molecules provide additional support to maintain the activity of synapses. Their formation and action are finely regulated at the cellular and extra-cellular levels. It seems likely that independent molecules and different glial cell types enable to promote the correct formation and maturation of the neuronal synapses with a strong influence of plasticity induction. The purpose of the present special issue is to collect original articles, reviews, case reports, and scientific communications that investigate through multidisciplinary approaches the mechanisms underlying the recent advances in neuronal synapses such as molecular composition, structural organization, signaling function, and plasticity induction during the normal physiological role of synapses or during various dysfunction that may manifest in the different neurological disorders.
Dr. Annalisa Tassone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- synapse
- neurotransmission
- plasticity
- signaling function
- development
- machine release
- neuron function
