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TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 183-197Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.01.005
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- Canadian Institute of Health Science award [MOP 133602]
- Canada Research Chair
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Action potentials invading the presynaptic terminal trigger discharge of docked synaptic vesicles (SVs) by opening voltage-dependent calcium channels (CaVs) and admitting calcium ions (Ca2+), which diffuse to, and activate, SV sensors. At most synapses, SV sensors and CaVs are sufficiently close that release is gated by individual CaV Ca2+ nanodomains centered on the channel mouth. Other synapses gate SV release with extensive Ca2+ microdomains summed from many, more distant CaVs. We review the experimental preparations, theories, and methods that provided principles of release nanophysiology and highlight expansion of the field into synaptic diversity and modifications of release gating for specific synaptic demands. Specializations in domain gating may adapt the terminal for roles in development, transmission of rapid impulse frequencies, and modulation of synaptic strength.
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