Synaptic Plasticity

Preface Michael R. Kreutz, Carlo Sala.- Molecular organization of the pre- and postsynaptic scaffold: 1. Uli Thomas, Stephan Sigrist: Glutamate receptors in synaptic assembly and plasticity - case studies on fly NMJs.- 2. Chiara Verpelli, Michael J. Schmeisser, Carlo Sala, Tobias M. Boeckers: Scaffold proteins at the Postsynaptic Density.- 3. Laurent Fagni: Diversity of metabotropic glutamate receptor interacting proteins and patho-physiological functions.- 4. Peter Penzes, Igor Rafalovich: Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in dendritic spines.- 5. Olena Bukalo, Alexander Dityatev: Synaptic cell adhesion molecules.- Molecular dynamics of the synapse: 6. Shigeo Okabe: Molecular dynamics of excitatory synapses.- 7. Renato Frischknecht, Eckart D. Gundelfinger: The brain's extracellular matrix and its role in synaptic plasticity.- 8. Robert van den Berg, Casper C. Hoogenraad: Molecular motors in cargo trafficking and synapse assembly.- 9. Martin Heine: Surface traffic in synaptic membranes.- 10. Bong-Kiun Kaang, Jun-Hyeok Choi: Synaptic protein degradation in memory reorganization.- 11. Madhav Sukumaran, Andrew C. Penn, Ingo H. Greger: AMPA receptor assembly - atomic determinants and built-in modulators.- 12. Malgorzata Urbanska, Lukasz Swiech, Jacek Jaworski: Developmental plasticity of the dendritic compartment: focus on the cytoskeleton.- 13. Stefan Kindler, Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp: Dendritic mRNA targeting and translation.- 14. Mirko Santello, Corrado Calì, Paola Bezzi: Gliotransmission and the Tripartite Synapse.- Synapse-to-nucleus communication: 15. Yasunori Hayashi, Ken-ichi Okamoto, Miquel Bosch, Kensuke Futai: Roles of neuronal activity-induced gene products in Hebbian and homeostatic synaptic plasticity, tagging and capture.- 16. Anna Karpova, Julia Bär, Michael R. Kreutz: Long-distance signaling from synapse to nucleus via protein messengers.- 17. C. Peter Bengtson, Hilmar Bading: Nuclear Calcium Signaling.- 18. Jean-Antoine Girault: Integrating neurotransmission in striatal medium spiny neurons.- Synaptic dysfunction and Synaptopathies: 19. Pamela Valnegri, Carlo Sala, Maria Passafaro: Synaptic dysfunction and intellectual disability.- 20. Craig C. Garner, Daniel Z. Wetmore: Synaptic Pathology of Down Syndrome.- 21. Michel C. Van den Oever, Sabine Spijker, August B. Smit: The synaptic pathology of drug addiction.- 22. Dong-Min Yin, Yongjun Chen, Anupama Sathyamurthy, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Lin Mei: Synaptic dysfunction in Schizophrenia.- 23. Silvia De Rubeis, Esperanza Fernández, Andrea Buzzi, Daniele Di Marino, Claudia Bagni: Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Mental Retardation in The Fragile X Syndrome: from gene mutation/s to spine dysmorphogenesis.- 24. Barbara Picconi, Giovanni Piccoli, Paolo Calabresi: Synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.- 25. Elena Marcello, Roberta Epis, Claudia Saraceno, Monica Di Luca: Synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.