[HTML][HTML] Synaptic genes and neurodevelopmental disorders: From molecular mechanisms to developmental strategies of behavioral testing

C Michetti, A Falace, F Benfenati, A Fassio - Neurobiology of Disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Synaptopathies are a class of neurodevelopmental disorders caused by modification in
genes coding for synaptic proteins. These proteins oversee the process of …

Regulators of synaptic transmission: roles in the pathogenesis and treatment of epilepsy

PM Casillas‐Espinosa, KL Powell, TJ O'Brien - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Synaptic transmission is the communication between a presynaptic and a postsynaptic
neuron, and the subsequent processing of the signal. These processes are complex and …

An updated reappraisal of synapsins: structure, function and role in neurological and psychiatric disorders

F Longhena, G Faustini, V Brembati, M Pizzi… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Synapsins (Syns) are phosphoproteins strongly involved in neuronal development and
neurotransmitter release. Three distinct genes SYN1, SYN2 and SYN3, with elevated …

Low glycemic index diet restrains epileptogenesis in a gender-specific fashion

C Michetti, D Ferrante, B Parisi, L Ciano… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Dietary restriction, such as low glycemic index diet (LGID), have been successfully used to
treat drug-resistant epilepsy. However, if such diet could also counteract antiepileptogenesis …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and loss-of-function of the protein underlie the X-linked epilepsy associated with the W356× mutation in synapsin I

M Giannandrea, FC Guarnieri, NH Gehring, E Monzani… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Synapsins are a family of neuronal phosphoproteins associated with the cytosolic surface of
synaptic vesicles. Experimental evidence suggests a role for synapsins in synaptic vesicle …

Alterations in brain inflammation, synaptic proteins, and adult hippocampal neurogenesis during epileptogenesis in mice lacking synapsin2

D Chugh, I Ali, A Bakochi, E Bahonjic, L Etholm… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Synapsins are pre-synaptic vesicle-associated proteins linked to the pathogenesis of
epilepsy through genetic association studies in humans. Deletion of synapsins causes an …

Neuroethologically delineated differences in the seizure behavior of Synapsin 1 and Synapsin 2 knock-out mice

L Etholm, E Bahonjic, SI Walaas, HT Kao, P Heggelund - Epilepsy research, 2012 - Elsevier
The highly homologous nerve terminal phosphoproteins synapsin I and synapsin II have
been linked to the pathogenesis of epilepsy through associations between synapsin gene …

Dentate gyrus network dysfunctions precede the symptomatic phase in a genetic mouse model of seizures

O Toader, N Forte, M Orlando, E Ferrea… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Neuronal circuit disturbances that lead to hyperexcitability in the cortico-hippocampal
network are one of the landmarks of temporal lobe epilepsy. The dentate gyrus (DG) network …

Synapsin I synchronizes GABA release in distinct interneuron subpopulations

N Forte, F Binda, A Contestabile, F Benfenati… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neurotransmitters can be released either synchronously or asynchronously with respect to
action potential timing. Synapsins (Syns) are a family of synaptic vesicle (SV) …

[HTML][HTML] Synapsin II directly suppresses epileptic seizures in vivo

R Schwark, R Andrade, M Bykhovskaia - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The synapsin family offers a strong linkage between synaptic mechanisms and the epileptic
phenotype. Synapsins are phosphoproteins reversibly associated with synaptic vesicles …