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ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2025

Turning garbage into gold: Autophagy in synaptic function.

Erin Marie Smith, Maeve Louise Coughlan, Sandra Maday

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Review in Current opinion in neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Erin Marie SmithDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Maeve Louise CoughlanDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Sandra MadayDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: smaday@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Funding

Defining the roles and regulation of neuronal autophagyR01NS110716 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MADAY, SANDRA L. · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Astrocyte-neuron regulation of autophagy and lysosomal pathways in proteotoxic stress associated with alpha-synucleinopathiesR21AG088697 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MADAY, SANDRA L. · 2024 to 2025
$434k
Defining the Role of Astrocytic Lysosome trafficking and Exocytosis in Regulating Synapse MaturationF31NS132453 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COUGHLAN, MAEVE LOUISE · 2023 to 2025
$146k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG088697NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS132453NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trillions of synapses in the human brain enable thought and behavior. Synaptic connections must be established and maintained, while retaining dynamic flexibility to respond to experiences. These processes require active remodeling of the synapse to control the composition and integrity of proteins and organelles. Macroautophagy (hereafter, autophagy) provides a mechanism to edit and prune the synaptic proteome. Canonically, autophagy has been viewed as a homeostatic process, which eliminates aged and damaged proteins to maintain neuronal survival. However, accumulating evidence suggests that autophagy also degrades specific cargoes in response to neuronal activity to impact neuronal transmission, excitability, and synaptic plasticity. Here, we will discuss the diverse roles, regulation, and mechanisms of neuronal autophagy in synaptic function and contributions from glial autophagy in these processes.

Indexed as

AutophagyNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsHumans

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PMID39667255
PMCPMC11903044

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