Neuroligin-1 is found on the postsynaptic side of excitatory synapses 5, and neurexins may be primarily localized to the presynaptic membrane, although definitive evidence is lacking. Serafini and ...

Synapse formation is driven by a host of different cell adhesion molecules. One of the most recent to be identified is leucine-rich repeat transmembrane neuronal protein 2 (LRRTM2). Two papers now ...

Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent continuous stimulation of postsynaptic ... reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and ...

Key evidence includes super-resolution microscopy showing colocalization of presynaptic (Bassoon) and postsynaptic (Homer1) markers; electron microscopy confirming the formation of synaptic ...