An updated reappraisal of synapsins: structure, function and role in neurological and psychiatric disorders

F Longhena, G Faustini, V Brembati, M Pizzi… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Synapsins (Syns) are phosphoproteins strongly involved in neuronal development and
neurotransmitter release. Three distinct genes SYN1, SYN2 and SYN3, with elevated …

The endocannabinoids-microbiota partnership in gut-brain axis homeostasis: Implications for autism spectrum disorders

R Coccurello, MC Marrone… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The latest years have witnessed a growing interest towards the relationship between
neuropsychiatric disease in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and severe …

Astrocytic TDP-43 dysregulation impairs memory by modulating antiviral pathways and interferon-inducible chemokines

A Licht-Murava, SM Meadows, F Palaguachi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Transactivating response region DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) pathology is prevalent in
dementia, but the cell type–specific effects of TDP-43 pathology are not clear, and …

Bassoon controls synaptic vesicle release via regulation of presynaptic phosphorylation and cAMP

C Montenegro‐Venegas, D Guhathakurta… - EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Neuronal presynaptic terminals contain hundreds of neurotransmitter‐filled synaptic vesicles
(SVs). The morphologically uniform SVs differ in their release competence segregating into …

Alcohol reverses the effects of KCNJ6 (GIRK2) noncoding variants on excitability of human glutamatergic neurons

D Popova, I Gameiro-Ros, MM Youssef… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Synonymous and noncoding single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the KCNJ6 gene,
encoding G protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunit 2 (GIRK2), have …

Distinct neurexin-cerebellin complexes control AMPA-and NMDA-receptor responses in a circuit-dependent manner

J Dai, K Liakath-Ali, SR Golf, TC Südhof - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
At CA1→ subiculum synapses, alternatively spliced neurexin-1 (Nrxn1 SS4+) and neurexin-
3 (Nrxn3 SS4+) enhance NMDA-receptors and suppress AMPA-receptors, respectively …

Lactobacillus plantarum ST-III culture supernatant ameliorates alcohol-induced cognitive dysfunction by reducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and oxidative stress

Z Xu, J Zhang, J Wu, S Yang, Y Li, Y Wu, S Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Long-term alcohol exposure is associated with oxidative stress, endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) stress, and neuroinflammation, which may impair cognitive function …

Presynaptic nanoscale components of retrograde synaptic signaling

B Barti, B Dudok, K Kenesei, M Zöldi, V Miczán… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
While our understanding of the nanoscale architecture of anterograde synaptic transmission
is rapidly expanding, the qualitative and quantitative molecular principles underlying distinct …

Effects of Cannabis on Glutamatergic Neurotransmission: The Interplay between Cannabinoids and Glutamate

KU Chowdhury, ME Holden, MT Wiley… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
There has been a significant increase in the consumption of cannabis for both recreational
and medicinal purposes in recent years, and its use can have long-term consequences on …

Actomyosin-mediated inhibition of synaptic vesicle release under CB1R activation

MH McFadden, MB Emeritt, H Xu, Y Cui… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Long-term synaptic plasticity is critical for adaptive function of the brain, but presynaptic
mechanisms of functional plasticity remain poorly understood. Here, we show that changes …