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ReviewCells2021

Synapsins and the Synaptic Vesicle Reserve Pool: Floats or Anchors?

Minchuan Zhang, George J Augustine

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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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

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Programmable Liposome Organization via DNA Origami Templates.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  10. Synaptic Physiology Depends on Electrical Forces and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation.Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 2025
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  14. Advanced Neuromorphic Applications Enabled by Synaptic Ion-Gating Vertical Transistors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  18. Presynaptic regulators in memory formation.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Minchuan ZhangLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 308232, Singapore.
George J AugustineLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 308232, Singapore.

Funding

Singapore National Medical Research Council OFIRG/MOH-000225-00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In presynaptic terminals, synaptic vesicles (SVs) are found in a discrete cluster that includes a reserve pool that is mobilized during synaptic activity. Synapsins serve as a key protein for maintaining SVs within this reserve pool, but the mechanism that allows synapsins to do this is unclear. This mechanism is likely to involve synapsins either cross-linking SVs, thereby anchoring SVs to each other, or creating a liquid phase that allows SVs to float within a synapsin droplet. Here, we summarize what is known about the role of synapsins in clustering of SVs and evaluate experimental evidence supporting these two models.

Indexed as

ExocytosisSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsHumansModels, NeurologicalPresynaptic TerminalsProtein BindingProtein TransportSynapsinsSynaptic VesiclesSynapsinsneurotransmitter releasepresynaptic terminalssynapsinssynaptic vesicle trafficking

Identifiers

PMID33809712
PMCPMC8002314

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