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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2015

Super-resolution microscopy of the synaptic active zone.

Nadine Ehmann, Markus Sauer, Robert J Kittel

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Visualizing Presynaptic Active Zones and Synaptic Vesicles.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2022
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  6. Endogenous Tagging Reveals Differential Regulation of CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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  13. Synaptic Vesicle Proteins and Active Zone Plasticity.Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience · 2016
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Nadine EhmannDepartment of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.
Markus SauerDepartment of Biotechnology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.
Robert J KittelDepartment of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, University of Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.

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Abstract

Brain function relies on accurate information transfer at chemical synapses. At the presynaptic active zone (AZ) a variety of specialized proteins are assembled to complex architectures, which set the basis for speed, precision and plasticity of synaptic transmission. Calcium channels are pivotal for the initiation of excitation-secretion coupling and, correspondingly, capture a central position at the AZ. Combining quantitative functional studies with modeling approaches has provided predictions of channel properties, numbers and even positions on the nanometer scale. However, elucidating the nanoscopic organization of the surrounding protein network requires direct ultrastructural access. Without this information, knowledge of molecular synaptic structure-function relationships remains incomplete. Recently, super-resolution microscopy (SRM) techniques have begun to enter the neurosciences. These approaches combine high spatial resolution with the molecular specificity of fluorescence microscopy. Here, we discuss how SRM can be used to obtain information on the organization of AZ proteins.

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active zoneCa2+ channelsexcitation-secretion couplingstructure-function relationshipssuper-resolution microscopy

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