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Papers

(The median citation count of Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Subcellular computations and information processing	119
Towards a Comprehensive Optical Connectome at Single Synapse Resolution via Expansion Microscopy	114
Editorial: Brain serotonergic system	54
Glucagon-like peptide 1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide hormones and novel receptor agonists protect synapses in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases	51
Exploring the singularity of human neurons: keep calm and carry on	50
Organization of Presynaptic Autophagy-Related Processes	49
Synaptic spinules are reliable indicators of excitatory presynaptic bouton size and strength and are ubiquitous components of excitatory synapses in CA1 hippocampus	48
Neurexins and their ligands at inhibitory synapses	48
cAMP-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity at the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Terminal	45
Memory retrieval, reconsolidation, and extinction: Exploring the boundary conditions of post-conditioning cue exposure	39
Correlative Live-Cell and Super-Resolution Imaging to Link Presynaptic Molecular Organisation With Function	37
High-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging Combined With Computer Simulations to Quantitate Surface Dynamics and Nanoscale Organization of Neuroligin-1 at Synapses	36
Synaptic transmission in supragranular layers of the human cortex – comparative review of structure, function, and plasticity	35
Triose-phosphate isomerase deficiency is associated with a dysregulation of synaptic vesicle recycling in Drosophila melanogaster	34
The Wingless planar cell polarity pathway is essential for optimal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity	32
Heightened sympathetic neuron activity and altered cardiomyocyte properties in spontaneously hypertensive rats during the postnatal period	32
Editorial: Role of protein palmitoylation in synaptic plasticity and neuronal differentiation, volume II	23
Editorial: The synaptic basis of neuropathology	21
β-adrenergic receptor-induced E-S potentiation in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	18
Editorial: Synaptic plasticity and dysfunction, friend or foe?	17
(M)Unc13s in Active Zone Diversity: A Drosophila Perspective	17
Regulation of Inhibitory Signaling at the Receptor and Cellular Level; Advances in Our Understanding of GABAergic Neurotransmission and the Mechanisms by Which It Is Disrupted in Epilepsy	16
Editorial: The Emerging Role of Endocannabinoids in Synaptic Plasticity, Reward, and Addiction	15
Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) transcription factor in astrocytic synaptic communication	14
Editorial: Plasticity of inhibitory cells in health and disease	14

Cryo-EM tomography and automatic segmentation delineate modular structures in the postsynaptic density	14
Differential modulation of collybistin conformational dynamics by the closely related GTPases Cdc42 and TC10	14
Editorial: Synaptopathies: from bench to bedside	13
Cell-autonomous and differential endocannabinoid signaling impacts the development of presynaptic retinal ganglion cell axon connectivity in vivo	13
Editorial: Activated Synapses	13
Killer or helper? The mechanism underlying the role of adenylate activated kinase in sound conditioning	13
Editorial: Insights in synaptic neuroscience 2022	12
Different Synaptic Plasticity After Physiological and Psychological Stress in the Anterior Insular Cortex in an Observational Fear Mouse Model	12
The effect of single-cell knockout of Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein on synaptic structural plasticity	12
Presynaptic Mitochondria Communicate With Release Sites for Spatio-Temporal Regulation of Exocytosis at the Motor Nerve Terminal	12
Editorial: Perineuronal Nets as Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders	12
Recording plasticity in neuronal activity in the rodent intrinsic cardiac nervous system using calcium imaging techniques	11
High frequency stimulation activates hot spots of spontaneous synaptic transmission	11
Dentate Granule Cells Are Hyperexcitable in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease	11
AMPA receptors in the evolving synapse: structure, function, and disease implications	10
Resilient Hippocampal Gamma Rhythmogenesis and Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneuron Function Before and After Plaque Burden in 5xFAD Alzheimer’s Disease Model	10
SHANK3 Antibody Validation: Differential Performance in Western Blotting, Immunocyto- and Immunohistochemistry	10
Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body	10
Transsynaptic Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus of Behaving Mice	10
Chemical Imaging and Analysis of Single Nerve Cells by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Imaging and Cellular Electrochemistry	10
rTg(TauP301L)4510 mice exhibit increased VGlut1 in hippocampal presynaptic glutamatergic vesicles and increased extracellular glutamate release	9
Synaptic plasticity through a naturalistic lens	9
Palmitoylation of A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 modulates its nanoscale organization, trafficking, and mobility in postsynaptic spines	9
Rethinking the network determinants of motor disability in Parkinson’s disease	8
Serotonin as a volume transmission signal in the “simple nervous system” of mollusks: From axonal guidance to behavioral orchestration	8
Bringing synapses into focus: Recent advances in synaptic imaging and mass-spectrometry for studying synaptopathy	8
Protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor-2 promotes PP1γ positive regulation of synaptic transmission	8
Age-related changes in olivocochlear efferent innervation in gerbils	7
Editorial: Structural and quantitative modeling of synapses	7
Opposite serotonergic modulation of sharp waves in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	7
Cellular Strategies for Frequency-Dependent Computation of Interaural Time Difference	7
Dynamics of Neuromuscular Transmission Reproduced by Calcium-Dependent and Reversible Serial Transitions in the Vesicle Fusion Complex	7
Is it possible to prevent excessive synaptic pruning in schizophrenia? Possibilities and limitations	7
Distinctive biophysical features of human cell-types: insights from studies of neurosurgically resected brain tissue	7
Rapid sequential clustering of NMDARs, CaMKII, and AMPARs upon activation of NMDARs at developing synapses	7
Enhanced Non-Associative Long-Term Potentiation in Immature Granule Cells in the Dentate Gyrus of Adult Rats	7
Hearing Loss Increases Inhibitory Effects of Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation on Sound Evoked Activity in Medial Geniculate Nucleus	7
Hypothesis Relating the Structure, Biochemistry and Function of Active Zone Material Macromolecules at a Neuromuscular Junction	6
Astrocyte: A Foe or a Friend in Intellectual Disability-Related Diseases	6
Unraveling Functional Diversity of Cortical Synaptic Architecture Through the Lens of Population Coding	6
Complementary Use of Super-Resolution Imaging Modalities to Study the Nanoscale Architecture of Inhibitory Synapses	6
mGluR-dependent plasticity in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease	6
A novel peptide inhibitor of TRPM2 channels improves recovery of memory function following traumatic brain injury	6
Roles of AMPA receptors in social behaviors	6
Palmitoylation-regulated interactions of the pseudokinase calmodulin kinase-like vesicle-associated with membranes and Arc/Arg3.1	6
Identification of Synaptic DGKθ Interactors That Stimulate DGKθ Activity	6
Diverse organization of voltage-gated calcium channels at presynaptic active zones	6
Mechanisms Underlying Mu Opioid Receptor Effects on Parallel Fiber-Purkinje Cell Synaptic Transmission in Mouse Cerebellar Cortex	5
The Shaping of AMPA Receptor Surface Distribution by Neuronal Activity	5
Corrigendum: Correlative Live-Cell and Super-Resolution Imaging to Link Presynaptic Molecular Organisation With Function	5

A tribute to Dr. Akira Yoshii, MD, PhD	5
The Yin and Yang of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Synaptic Plasticity: Opposites in Balance by Crosstalking Mechanisms	5
GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder: current understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms	5
Visualizing Presynaptic Active Zones and Synaptic Vesicles	5
Modification of the synaptic cleft under excitatory conditions	5
Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine Attenuated Neuropathic Pain Related Behaviors via STING Pathway to Induce ER-Phagy	5
Molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis	5
AMPA Receptor Function in Hypothalamic Synapses	5