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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2024

Nano-organization of synaptic calcium signaling.

Clara I McCarthy, Ege T Kavalali

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neuronal Calcium Signaling and Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Spontaneous glutamate release activates mGluR signaling to drive rapid antidepressant responses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Clara I McCarthyDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240-7933, U.S.A.
Ege T KavalaliDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240-7933, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-1777-227X

Funding

Role of SNARE Interactions in Central Synapse FunctionR01MH066198 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI KAVALALI, EGE T · 2004 to 2023
$7.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH066198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies suggest an exquisite structural nano-organization within single synapses, where sites of evoked fusion - marked by clustering of synaptic vesicles, active zone proteins and voltage-gated calcium channels - are directly juxtaposed to postsynaptic receptor clusters within nanocolumns. This direct nanometer scale alignment between presynaptic fusion apparatus and postsynaptic receptors is thought to ensure the fidelity of synaptic signaling and possibly allow multiple distinct signals to occur without interference from each other within a single active zone. The functional specificity of this organization is made possible by the inherent nano-organization of calcium signals, where all the different calcium sources such as voltage-gated calcium channels, intracellular stores and store-operated calcium entry have dedicated local targets within their nanodomain to ensure precision of action. Here, we discuss synaptic nano-organization from the perspective of calcium signals, where some of the principal findings from early work in the 1980s continue to inspire current studies that exploit new genetic tools and super-resolution imaging technologies.

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CalciumCalcium SignalingSynapsesAnimalsCalcium ChannelsHumansSynaptic TransmissionSynaptic VesiclesCalciumCalcium Channelscalcium signalingsynapsesynaptic plasticity

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PMID38752834
PMCPMC11346461

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