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Papers

(The median citation count of Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Subcellular computations and information processing	173
Editorial: Brain serotonergic system	142
Exploring the singularity of human neurons: keep calm and carry on	75
Synaptic spinules are reliable indicators of excitatory presynaptic bouton size and strength and are ubiquitous components of excitatory synapses in CA1 hippocampus	71
Neurexins and their ligands at inhibitory synapses	70
Memory retrieval, reconsolidation, and extinction: Exploring the boundary conditions of post-conditioning cue exposure	65
Rhythmic network activity in human brain slices: variability, mechanisms, and translational insights	60
Synaptic transmission in supragranular layers of the human cortex – comparative review of structure, function, and plasticity	45
The Wingless planar cell polarity pathway is essential for optimal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity	40
Experience-dependent critical period for synaptic plasticity in the rat olfactory amygdala	26
Heightened sympathetic neuron activity and altered cardiomyocyte properties in spontaneously hypertensive rats during the postnatal period	25
Triose-phosphate isomerase deficiency is associated with a dysregulation of synaptic vesicle recycling in Drosophila melanogaster	25
Editorial: The synaptic basis of neuropathology	21
Editorial: Role of protein palmitoylation in synaptic plasticity and neuronal differentiation, volume II	21
Editorial: Synaptic plasticity and dysfunction, friend or foe?	19
Metabolic regulation of synaptic plasticity in anorexia nervosa	19
β-adrenergic receptor-induced E-S potentiation in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	17
Enhanced information processing in the human neocortex: cellular mechanisms and translational perspectives	17
Cryo-EM tomography and automatic segmentation delineate modular structures in the postsynaptic density	15
Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors differentially modulate excitatory transmission across interneuron types in the human cortex	15
Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) transcription factor in astrocytic synaptic communication	14
Editorial: Synaptopathies: from bench to bedside	13
Editorial: Plasticity of inhibitory cells in health and disease	13
Differential modulation of collybistin conformational dynamics by the closely related GTPases Cdc42 and TC10	13
Killer or helper? The mechanism underlying the role of adenylate activated kinase in sound conditioning	13

The effect of single-cell knockout of Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein on synaptic structural plasticity	12
Cell-autonomous and differential endocannabinoid signaling impacts the development of presynaptic retinal ganglion cell axon connectivity in vivo	12
Patterned pre-sensory spontaneous activity drives the structural refinement of developing cochlear ribbon synapses	11
Editorial: Insights in synaptic neuroscience 2022	11
Evolutionary neuroeconomic adaptations of fast-spiking neurons in the human neocortex	10
Dysfunctional brain connectivity and cognition in late preterm infants: novel perspectives on neurodevelopment and learning	9
Correction: Automated ROI detection allows rapid quantification of synaptic activity across tens of thousands of synapses in cell culture	9
High frequency stimulation activates hot spots of spontaneous synaptic transmission	9
Recording plasticity in neuronal activity in the rodent intrinsic cardiac nervous system using calcium imaging techniques	8
Calcium at the crossroads of the immunometabolic signaling and comorbidity in schizophrenia	8
Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body	8
Palmitoylation of A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 modulates its nanoscale organization, trafficking, and mobility in postsynaptic spines	7
rTg(TauP301L)4510 mice exhibit increased VGlut1 in hippocampal presynaptic glutamatergic vesicles and increased extracellular glutamate release	7
Serotonin as a volume transmission signal in the “simple nervous system” of mollusks: From axonal guidance to behavioral orchestration	7
Synaptic plasticity through a naturalistic lens	7
Bringing synapses into focus: Recent advances in synaptic imaging and mass-spectrometry for studying synaptopathy	7
AMPA receptors in the evolving synapse: structure, function, and disease implications	7
Protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor-2 promotes PP1γ positive regulation of synaptic transmission	6
Opposite serotonergic modulation of sharp waves in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	6
Editorial: Structural and quantitative modeling of synapses	6
Rethinking the network determinants of motor disability in Parkinson’s disease	6
Editorial: Grey matters in the lab: utilizing human brain tissue for basic research, disease modeling and drug development	6
Is it possible to prevent excessive synaptic pruning in schizophrenia? Possibilities and limitations	6
Rapid sequential clustering of NMDARs, CaMKII, and AMPARs upon activation of NMDARs at developing synapses	6
Age-related changes in olivocochlear efferent innervation in gerbils	6
Distinctive biophysical features of human cell-types: insights from studies of neurosurgically resected brain tissue	6
Roles of AMPA receptors in social behaviors	5
Tuning excitatory input to fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive interneurons: a lever for plasticity and hyperexcitability across the lifespan	5
Diverse organization of voltage-gated calcium channels at presynaptic active zones	5
A novel peptide inhibitor of TRPM2 channels improves recovery of memory function following traumatic brain injury	5
Suicidality as a potential risk and therapeutic target during widespread GLP-1 receptor agonists use: implications of inflammation	5
mGluR-dependent plasticity in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease	5
The how and why for multiple forms of hippocampal LTP	5
GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder: current understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms	4
A tribute to Dr. Akira Yoshii, MD, PhD	4
Molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis	4