Structural and functional organization of the synapse

Diversity in synapse structure and composition / Kristen M. Harris -- The role of glutamate transporters in synaptic transmission / Dwight E. Bergles and Robert H. Edwards -- Structure and function of vertebrate and invertebrate active zones / Craig C. Garner and Kang Shen -- Neurotransmitter release machinery: components of the neuronal SNARE complex and their function / Deniz Atasoy and Ege T. Kavalali -- The molecular machinery for synaptic vesicle endocytosis / Peter S. McPherson, Brigitte Ritter and George J. Augustine -- Initiation and regulation of synaptic transmission by presynaptic calcium channel signaling complexes / Zu-Hang Sheng, Amy Lee and William A. Catterall -- Adhesion molecules at the synapse / Alaa El-Husseini -- Dendritic organelles for postsynaptic trafficking / Cyril Hanus and Michael D. Ehlers -- Structure and mechanism of action of AMPA and kalnate receptors / Mark L. Mayer -- Cellular biology of AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity / Jose A. Esteban -- Structure and function of the NMDA receptor / Hongjie Yuan ... [et al.] -- Molecular properties and cell biology of the NMDA receptor / Robert J. Wenthold ... [et al.] -- Surface trafficking of membrane proteins at excitatory and inhibitory synapses / Daniel Choquet and Antoine Triller -- Scaffold proteins in the postsynaptic density / Mary B. Kennedy, Edoardo Marcora and Holly J. Carlisle -- Ca² signaling in dendritic spines / Bernardo L. Sabatini and Karel Svoboda -- Postsynaptic targeting of protein kinases and phosphatases / Stefan Strack and Johannes W. Hell -- Long-term potentiation / John E. Lisman and Johannes W. Hell -- Homeostatic synaptic plasticity / Gina G. Turrigiano -- Ubiquitin and protein degradation in synapse function / Thomas D. Helton and Michael D. Ehlers -- Signaling from synapse to nucleus / Carrie L. Heusner and Kelsey C. Martin -- Molecular organization of the postsynaptic membrane at inhibitory synapses / I. Lorena Arancibia-Carcamo, Antoine Triller and Josef T. Kittler -- Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) and pH in synapse physiology / John A. Wemmie, Xiang-ming Zha and Michael J. Welsh -- Glia as active participants in the development and function of synapses / Cagla Eroglu, Ben A. Barres and Beth Stevens -- Plasticity of dentate granule cell mossy fiber synapses: a putative mechanism of limbic epileptogenesis / James O. McNarnara, Yang Z. Huang and Enhui Pan -- Stroke -- a synaptic perspective / Robert Meller and Roger P. Simon -- Neuroplasticity and pathological pain / Michael W. Salter.