Structural and Functional Organization of the Synapse

- Diversity in Synapse Structure and Composition

- The Role of Glutamate Transporters in Synaptic Transmission

- Structure and Function of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Active Zones

- Neurotransmitter Release Machinery: Components of the Neuronal SNARE Complex and Their Function

- The Molecular Machinery for Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis

- Initiation and Regulation of Synaptic Transmission by Presynaptic Calcium Channel Signaling Complexes

- Adhesion Molecules at the Synapse

- Dendritic Organelles for Postsynaptic Trafficking

- Structure and Mechanism of Action of AMPA and Kainate Receptors

- Cellular Biology of AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity

- Structure and Function of the NMDA Receptor

- Molecular Properties and Cell Biology of the NMDA Receptor

- Surface Trafficking of Membrane Proteins at Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

- Scaffold Proteins in the Postsynaptic Density

- Ca2+ Signaling in Dendritic Spines

- Postsynaptic Targeting of Protein Kinases and Phosphatases

- Long-Term Potentiation

- Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity

- Ubiquitin and Protein Degradation in Synapse Function

- Signaling from Synapse to Nucleus

- Molecular Organization of the Postsynaptic Membrane at Inhibitory Synapses

- Acid-Sensing Ion Channels (ASICs) and pH in Synapse Physiology

- Glia as Active Participants in the Development and Function of Synapses

- Plasticity of Dentate Granule Cell Mossy Fiber Synapses: A Putative Mechanism of Limbic Epileptogenesis

- Stroke - A Synaptic Perspective

- and Pathological Pain