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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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Subcellular computations and information processing	156
Editorial: Brain serotonergic system	138
Exploring the singularity of human neurons: keep calm and carry on	67
Glucagon-like peptide 1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide hormones and novel receptor agonists protect synapses in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases	63
Synaptic spinules are reliable indicators of excitatory presynaptic bouton size and strength and are ubiquitous components of excitatory synapses in CA1 hippocampus	62
Memory retrieval, reconsolidation, and extinction: Exploring the boundary conditions of post-conditioning cue exposure	59
Neurexins and their ligands at inhibitory synapses	50
Rhythmic network activity in human brain slices: variability, mechanisms, and translational insights	41
Synaptic transmission in supragranular layers of the human cortex – comparative review of structure, function, and plasticity	39
Triose-phosphate isomerase deficiency is associated with a dysregulation of synaptic vesicle recycling in Drosophila melanogaster	36
The Wingless planar cell polarity pathway is essential for optimal activity-dependent synaptic plasticity	25
Experience-dependent critical period for synaptic plasticity in the rat olfactory amygdala	23
Heightened sympathetic neuron activity and altered cardiomyocyte properties in spontaneously hypertensive rats during the postnatal period	21
Editorial: Role of protein palmitoylation in synaptic plasticity and neuronal differentiation, volume II	20
Editorial: The synaptic basis of neuropathology	19
Metabolic regulation of synaptic plasticity in anorexia nervosa	18
Editorial: Synaptic plasticity and dysfunction, friend or foe?	17
Enhanced information processing in the human neocortex: cellular mechanisms and translational perspectives	17
β-adrenergic receptor-induced E-S potentiation in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	16
Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors differentially modulate excitatory transmission across interneuron types in the human cortex	15
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	13
Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) transcription factor in astrocytic synaptic communication	13
Editorial: Synaptopathies: from bench to bedside	12
Differential modulation of collybistin conformational dynamics by the closely related GTPases Cdc42 and TC10	12
Killer or helper? The mechanism underlying the role of adenylate activated kinase in sound conditioning	12

Cryo-EM tomography and automatic segmentation delineate modular structures in the postsynaptic density	12
Cell-autonomous and differential endocannabinoid signaling impacts the development of presynaptic retinal ganglion cell axon connectivity in vivo	12
Editorial: Plasticity of inhibitory cells in health and disease	12
The effect of single-cell knockout of Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein on synaptic structural plasticity	11
Editorial: Perineuronal Nets as Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders	11
Editorial: Insights in synaptic neuroscience 2022	10
Evolutionary neuroeconomic adaptations of fast-spiking neurons in the human neocortex	10
Patterned pre-sensory spontaneous activity drives the structural refinement of developing cochlear ribbon synapses	10
Dysfunctional brain connectivity and cognition in late preterm infants: novel perspectives on neurodevelopment and learning	10
High frequency stimulation activates hot spots of spontaneous synaptic transmission	9
Cellular basis of learning and memory in the carotid body	9
Recording plasticity in neuronal activity in the rodent intrinsic cardiac nervous system using calcium imaging techniques	9
SHANK3 Antibody Validation: Differential Performance in Western Blotting, Immunocyto- and Immunohistochemistry	8
Palmitoylation of A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 modulates its nanoscale organization, trafficking, and mobility in postsynaptic spines	8
Rethinking the network determinants of motor disability in Parkinson’s disease	7
AMPA receptors in the evolving synapse: structure, function, and disease implications	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
Protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor-2 promotes PP1γ positive regulation of synaptic transmission	7
rTg(TauP301L)4510 mice exhibit increased VGlut1 in hippocampal presynaptic glutamatergic vesicles and increased extracellular glutamate release	7
Bringing synapses into focus: Recent advances in synaptic imaging and mass-spectrometry for studying synaptopathy	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
Editorial: Structural and quantitative modeling of synapses	6
Age-related changes in olivocochlear efferent innervation in gerbils	6
Opposite serotonergic modulation of sharp waves in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus	6
GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder: current understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms	5
Roles of AMPA receptors in social behaviors	5
mGluR-dependent plasticity in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease	5
Astrocyte: A Foe or a Friend in Intellectual Disability-Related Diseases	5
Molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis	5
Tuning excitatory input to fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive interneurons: a lever for plasticity and hyperexcitability across the lifespan	5
A novel peptide inhibitor of TRPM2 channels improves recovery of memory function following traumatic brain injury	5
Distinctive biophysical features of human cell-types: insights from studies of neurosurgically resected brain tissue	5
Diverse organization of voltage-gated calcium channels at presynaptic active zones	5
Palmitoylation-regulated interactions of the pseudokinase calmodulin kinase-like vesicle-associated with membranes and Arc/Arg3.1	5
Unraveling Functional Diversity of Cortical Synaptic Architecture Through the Lens of Population Coding	5
A tribute to Dr. Akira Yoshii, MD, PhD	4
Corrigendum: Correlative Live-Cell and Super-Resolution Imaging to Link Presynaptic Molecular Organisation With Function	4
GluN2B-NMDAR subunit contribution on synaptic plasticity: A phenomenological model for CA3-CA1 synapses	4
Genetic disorders of neurotransmitter release machinery	4
Analytical approaches to examine gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate vesicular co-packaging	4
Modification of the synaptic cleft under excitatory conditions	4