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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2025

Understanding the molecular diversity of synapses.

Marc van Oostrum, Erin M Schuman

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Molecular Physiology of the Neuronal Synapse.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026
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  15. Ribo-ITP expands the translatome of limited input samples.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. Change of Spiny Neuron Structure in the Basal Ganglia Song Circuit and Its Regulation by miR-9 during Song Development.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  17. Molecular organization of central cholinergic synapses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marc van OostrumMax Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-9787
Erin M SchumanMax Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. erin.schuman@brain.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-1855

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synapses are composed of thousands of proteins, providing the potential for extensive molecular diversity to shape synapse type-specific functional specializations. In this Review, we explore the landscape of synaptic diversity and describe the mechanisms that expand the molecular complexity of synapses, from the genotype to the regulation of gene expression to the production of specific proteoforms and the formation of localized protein complexes. We emphasize the importance of examining every molecular layer and adopting a systems perspective to understand how these interconnected mechanisms shape the diverse functional and structural properties of synapses. We explore current frameworks for classifying synapses and methodologies for investigating different synapse types at varying scales, from synapse-type-specific proteomics to advanced imaging techniques with single-synapse resolution. We highlight the potential of synapse-type-specific approaches for integrating molecular data with cellular functions, circuit organization and organismal phenotypes to enable a more holistic exploration of neuronal phenomena across different scales.

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NeuronsSynapsesAnimalsHumansProteomics

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