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ArticleFrontiers in synaptic neuroscience2016

Synaptic Vesicle Proteins and Active Zone Plasticity.

Robert J Kittel, Manfred Heckmann

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Article in Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Endogenous Tagging Reveals Differential Regulation of CaThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Robert J KittelDepartment of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.
Manfred HeckmannDepartment of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg Würzburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurotransmitter is released from synaptic vesicles at the highly specialized presynaptic active zone (AZ). The complex molecular architecture of AZs mediates the speed, precision and plasticity of synaptic transmission. Importantly, structural and functional properties of AZs vary significantly, even for a given connection. Thus, there appear to be distinct AZ states, which fundamentally influence neuronal communication by controlling the positioning and release of synaptic vesicles. Vice versa, recent evidence has revealed that synaptic vesicle components also modulate organizational states of the AZ. The protein-rich cytomatrix at the active zone (CAZ) provides a structural platform for molecular interactions guiding vesicle exocytosis. Studies in Drosophila have now demonstrated that the vesicle proteins Synaptotagmin-1 (Syt1) and Rab3 also regulate glutamate release by shaping differentiation of the CAZ ultrastructure. We review these unexpected findings and discuss mechanistic interpretations of the reciprocal relationship between synaptic vesicles and AZ states, which has heretofore received little attention.

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active zonecytomatrix at the active zoneneurotransmitter releaseRab3synaptic transmission and plasticitysynaptic vesiclesynaptotagmin I

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PMID27148040
PMCPMC4834300

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