"Synapses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specialized junctions at which a neuron communicates with a target cell. At classical synapses, a neuron's presynaptic terminal releases a chemical transmitter stored in synaptic vesicles which diffuses across a narrow synaptic cleft and activates receptors on the postsynaptic membrane of the target cell. The target may be a dendrite, cell body, or axon of another neuron, or a specialized region of a muscle or secretory cell. Neurons may also communicate via direct electrical coupling with ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Several other non-synaptic chemical or electric signal transmitting processes occur via extracellular mediated interactions.
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D013569
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.850 A11.284.149.165.420.780
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synapses" by people in Profiles.
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Therapeutic Targeting of the Complement System: From Rare Diseases to Pandemics. Pharmacol Rev. 2021 04; 73(2):792-827.
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Evidence of Coronavirus (CoV) Pathogenesis and Emerging Pathogen SARS-CoV-2 in the Nervous System: A Review on Neurological Impairments and Manifestations. J Mol Neurosci. 2021 Nov; 71(11):2192-2209.
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ApoE-Isoform-Dependent SARS-CoV-2 Neurotropism and Cellular Response. Cell Stem Cell. 2021 02 04; 28(2):331-342.e5.
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Potential Novel Role of COVID-19 in Alzheimer's Disease and Preventative Mitigation Strategies. J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 76(1):21-25.
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Hydrogen sulfide ameliorates disorders in the parafacial respiratory group region of neonatal rats caused by prenatal cigarette smoke exposure via an antioxidative effect. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019 May; 68:80-90.
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Photobiomodulation preconditioning prevents cognitive impairment in a neonatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia. J Biophotonics. 2019 06; 12(6):e201800359.
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Signal peptide represses GluK1 surface and synaptic trafficking through binding to amino-terminal domain. Nat Commun. 2018 11 19; 9(1):4879.
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The importance of recurrent top-down synaptic connections for the anticipation of dynamic emotions. Neural Netw. 2019 Jan; 109:19-30.
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Multiple sclerosis and cognition: synaptic failure and network dysfunction. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2018 10; 19(10):599-609.
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Fast regular firings induced by intra- and inter-time delays in two clustered neuronal networks. Chaos. 2018 Oct; 28(10):106310.