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Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is 10. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Semaphorins in Adult Nervous System Plasticity and Disease	70
Impact of Perineuronal Nets on Electrophysiology of Parvalbumin Interneurons, Principal Neurons, and Brain Oscillations: A Review	64
Calcium signaling in astrocytes and gliotransmitter release	39
Alzheimer’s disease as a synaptopathy: Evidence for dysfunction of synapses during disease progression	33
Voltage-Gated Ca2+-Channel α1-Subunit de novo Missense Mutations: Gain or Loss of Function – Implications for Potential Therapies	32
A Synaptic Framework for the Persistence of Memory Engrams	31
Multiple Roles of Actin in Exo- and Endocytosis	28
Dopamine in Fear Extinction	28
SynapsEM: Computer-Assisted Synapse Morphometry	27
The Non-receptor Tyrosine Kinase Pyk2 in Brain Function and Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases	26
The Yin and Yang of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Synaptic Plasticity: Opposites in Balance by Crosstalking Mechanisms	24
Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels in Dopaminergic Substantia Nigra Neurons: Therapeutic Targets for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease?	24
The Shaping of AMPA Receptor Surface Distribution by Neuronal Activity	24
The Synaptic Extracellular Matrix: Long-Lived, Stable, and Still Remarkably Dynamic	23
Nano-Organization at the Synapse: Segregation of Distinct Forms of Neurotransmission	23
The α5 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Differentially Modulates α4β2* and α3β4* Receptors	22
The Renin–Angiotensin System Modulates Dopaminergic Neurotransmission: A New Player on the Scene	22
Segregation of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the striatal direct and indirect pathways: An historical perspective	21
GRIN2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder: current understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms	21
Neuronal Glycoprotein M6a: An Emerging Molecule in Chemical Synapse Formation and Dysfunction	20
Cell-Type-Specific Adaptions in Striatal Medium-Sized Spiny Neurons and Their Roles in Behavioral Responses to Drugs of Abuse	20
Current Therapies for Neonatal Hypoxic–Ischaemic and Infection-Sensitised Hypoxic–Ischaemic Brain Damage	19
cAMP-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity at the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Terminal	19
Microglia Heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights From Single-Cell Technologies	19
Maturation of Heterogeneity in Afferent Synapse Ultrastructure in the Mouse Cochlea	19

Synaptic Density and Neuronal Metabolic Function Measured by Positron Emission Tomography in the Unilateral 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease	18
Glucagon-like peptide 1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide hormones and novel receptor agonists protect synapses in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases	18
Multiple modulatory roles of serotonin in chronic pain and injury-related anxiety	18
Parvalbumin Interneurons and Perineuronal Nets in the Hippocampus and Retrosplenial Cortex of Adult Male Mice After Early Social Isolation Stress and Perinatal NMDA Receptor Antagonist Treatment	17
Room for Two: The Synaptophysin/Synaptobrevin Complex	17
The Subcortical-Allocortical- Neocortical continuum for the Emergence and Morphological Heterogeneity of Pyramidal Neurons in the Human Brain	17
Targeting prefrontal cortex GABAergic microcircuits for the treatment of alcohol use disorder	17
Poly I:C Activated Microglia Disrupt Perineuronal Nets and Modulate Synaptic Balance in Primary Hippocampal Neurons in vitro	16
GluN2D NMDA Receptors Gate Fear Extinction Learning and Interneuron Plasticity	16
Glycinergic Transmission in the Presence and Absence of Functional GlyT2: Lessons From the Auditory Brainstem	15
Neurexins and their ligands at inhibitory synapses	15
Calcium Sensors STIM1 and STIM2 Regulate Different Calcium Functions in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons	15
Transient Enhanced GluA2 Expression in Young Hippocampal Neurons of a Fragile X Mouse Model	14
Molecular mechanisms of synaptogenesis	14
Multi-Electrode Array Analysis Identifies Complex Dopamine Responses and Glucose Sensing Properties of Substantia Nigra Neurons in Mouse Brain Slices	14
AMPA Receptor Function in Hypothalamic Synapses	13
SHANK3 Antibody Validation: Differential Performance in Western Blotting, Immunocyto- and Immunohistochemistry	12
Disposition of Proteins and Lipids in Synaptic Membrane Compartments Is Altered in Q175/Q7 Huntington’s Disease Mouse Striatum	12
Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine Attenuated Neuropathic Pain Related Behaviors via STING Pathway to Induce ER-Phagy	12
Organization of Presynaptic Autophagy-Related Processes	12
Perineuronal Net Receptor PTPσ Regulates Retention of Memories	11
Endocannabinoid-Like Lipid Neuromodulators in the Regulation of Dopamine Signaling: Relevance for Drug Addiction	11
Synaptic Vesicle Recycling and the Endolysosomal System: A Reappraisal of Form and Function	11
Orexin-A/Hypocretin-1 Controls the VTA-NAc Mesolimbic Pathway via Endocannabinoid-Mediated Disinhibition of Dopaminergic Neurons in Obese Mice	11
Correlative Assembly of Subsynaptic Nanoscale Organizations During Development	11
Genetic Code Expansion and Click-Chemistry Labeling to Visualize GABA-A Receptors by Super-Resolution Microscopy	11
Metaplasticity framework for cross-modal synaptic plasticity in adults	10
Endocannabinoid Modulation of Nucleus Accumbens Microcircuitry and Terminal Dopamine Release	10
Contribution of Membrane Lipids to Postsynaptic Protein Organization	10
NPY Released From GABA Neurons of the Dentate Gyrus Specially Reduces Contextual Fear Without Affecting Cued or Trace Fear	10
Latest updates on the serotonergic system in depression and anxiety	10
Neocortical layer 5 subclasses: From cellular properties to roles in behavior	10