"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Synapses" by people in this website by year, and whether "Synapses" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2007 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synapses" by people in Profiles.
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Inferring synaptic transmission from the stochastic dynamics of the quantal content: An analytical approach. PLoS Comput Biol. 2025 May; 21(5):e1013067.
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Minding the synapse: A multi-omic approach reveals hidden regulators of neurodevelopment. Cell Syst. 2025 Apr 16; 16(4):101263.
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Inhibitory specificity from a connectomic census of mouse visual cortex. Nature. 2025 Apr; 640(8058):448-458.
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Functional connectomics reveals general wiring rule in mouse visual cortex. Nature. 2025 Apr; 640(8058):459-469.
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a2d-2 regulates synaptic GluK1 kainate receptors in Purkinje cells and motor coordination. Brain. 2025 Apr 03; 148(4):1271-1285.
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Targeting Tiam1 Enhances Hippocampal-Dependent Learning and Memory in the Adult Brain and Promotes NMDA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Plasticity and Function. J Neurosci. 2025 Feb 05; 45(6).
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Sex-specific astrocyte regulation of spinal motor circuits by Nkx6.1. Cell Rep. 2025 01 28; 44(1):115121.
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In vivo hyperphosphorylation of tau is associated with synaptic loss and behavioral abnormalities in the absence of tau seeds. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Feb; 28(2):293-307.
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Mechanisms of memory-supporting neuronal dynamics in hippocampal area CA3. Cell. 2024 Nov 27; 187(24):6804-6819.e21.
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Alzheimer's disease risk gene CD2AP is a dose-sensitive determinant of synaptic structure and plasticity. Hum Mol Genet. 2024 10 07; 33(20):1815-1832.