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ReviewTraffic (Copenhagen, Denmark)2015

Molecular underpinnings of synaptic vesicle pool heterogeneity.

Devon C Crawford, Ege T Kavalali

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Review in Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Synaptic vesicle pool heterogeneity drives an anomalous form of synaptic plasticity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  18. Stochastic Properties of Spontaneous Synaptic Transmission at Individual Active Zones.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Devon C CrawfordDepartment of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9111, USA.
Ege T Kavalali
Southwestern Medical Center

Funding

Role of SNARE Interactions in Central Synapse FunctionR01MH066198 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI KAVALALI, EGE T · 2004 to 2023
$7.9M
The role of spontaneous neurotransmission in synaptic plasticity and behaviorF32MH102915 · NIMH · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CRAWFORD, DEVON C · 2013 to 2016
$161k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH102915NIMH NIH HHS F32MH102915NIMH NIH HHS MH066198NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH066198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal communication relies on chemical synaptic transmission for information transfer and processing. Chemical neurotransmission is initiated by synaptic vesicle fusion with the presynaptic active zone resulting in release of neurotransmitters. Classical models have assumed that all synaptic vesicles within a synapse have the same potential to fuse under different functional contexts. In this model, functional differences among synaptic vesicle populations are ascribed to their spatial distribution in the synapse with respect to the active zone. Emerging evidence suggests, however, that synaptic vesicles are not a homogenous population of organelles, and they possess intrinsic molecular differences and differential interaction partners. Recent studies have reported a diverse array of synaptic molecules that selectively regulate synaptic vesicles' ability to fuse synchronously and asynchronously in response to action potentials or spontaneously irrespective of action potentials. Here we discuss these molecular mediators of vesicle pool heterogeneity that are found on the synaptic vesicle membrane, on the presynaptic plasma membrane, or within the cytosol and consider some of the functional consequences of this diversity. This emerging molecular framework presents novel avenues to probe synaptic function and uncover how synaptic vesicle pools impact neuronal signaling.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsHumansNeurotransmitter AgentsSynaptic MembranesSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesNeurotransmitter Agentsasynchronous neurotransmissionneurotransmitter releaseSNARE proteinsspontaneous neurotransmissionsynaptic transmissionsynaptic vesiclesynchronous neurotransmissionvesicle exocytosisvesicle pools

Identifiers

PMID25620674
PMCPMC4578802
OpenAlexW1669110353

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