Books and Reviews
Brenman JE, Bredt DS. Synaptic signaling by nitric oxide. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1997;7:374–378.
Castillo PE. Presynaptic LTP and LTD of excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2012;4:a005728.
Carlisle HJ, Kennedy MB. Spine architecture and synaptic plasticity. Trends Neurosci. 2005;28:182–187.
Clapham DE. Direct G protein activation of ion channels? Annu Rev Neurosci. 1994;17:441–464.
Connors BW, Long MA. Electrical synapses in the mammalian brain. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004;27:393–418.
Cooper JR, Bloom FE, Roth RH. Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology. Oxford University Press: New York; 2009.
Cowan WM, Südhof TC, Stevens CF. Synapses. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore; 2001.
Feldman DE. The spike-timing dependence of plasticity. Neuron. 2012;75:556–571.
Fioravante D, Regehr WG. Short-term forms of presynaptic plasticity. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2011;21:269–274.
Hanson PI, Heuser JE, Jahn R. Neurotransmitter release—four years of SNARE complexes. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1997;7:310–315.
Hollmann M, Heinemann S. Cloned glutamate receptors. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1994;17:31–108.
Isaacson JS, Scanziani M. How inhibition shapes cortical activity. Neuron. 2011;72:231–243.
Jackson AC, Nicoll RA. The expanding social network of ionotropic glutamate receptors: TARPs and other transmembrane auxiliary subunits. Neuron. 2011;70:178–199.
Jahn R, Fasshauer D. Molecular machines governing exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. Nature. 2012;490:201–207.
Linden DJ, Connor JA. Long-term synaptic depression. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1995;18:319–357.
MacDonald RL, Olsen RW. GABAA receptor channels. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1994;17:569–602.
Mayer ML, Armstrong N. Structure and function of glutamate receptor ion channels. Annu Rev Physiol. 2004;66:161–181.
Mustafa AK, Gadalla MM, Snyder SH. Signaling by gasotransmitters. Sci Signal. 2009;2(68):re2.
Nicoll RA, Roche KW. Long-term potentiation: Peeling the onion. Neuropharmacol. 2013;74:18–22 [Epub February 21, 2013].
Regehr WG, Carey MR, Best AR. Activity-dependent regulation of synapses by retrograde messengers. Neuron. 2009;63:154–170.
Südhof TC. RAB3 and synaptotagmin: The yin and yang of synaptic membrane fusion. Annu Rev Neurosci. 1998;21:75–95.
Yuste R. Electrical compartmentalization in dendritic spines. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2013;36:429–449.
Journal Articles
Bliss TV, Lomo T. Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in the dentate area of the anaesthetized rabbit following stimulation of the perforant path. J Physiol. 1973;232:331–356.
Dudek SM, Bear MF. Bidirectional long-term modification of synaptic effectiveness in the adult and immature hippocampus. J Neurosci. 1993;13:2910–2918.
Heuser J, Reese T. Evidence for recycling of synaptic vesicle membrane during transmitter release at the frog neuromuscular junction. J Cell Biol. 1973;57:315–344.
Kamiya H, Zucker RS. Residual Ca2+ and short-term synaptic plasticity. Nature. 1994;371:603–606.
Katz B, Miledi R. The role of calcium in neuromuscular facilitation. J Physiol. 1968;195:481–492.
Rosenmund C, Stern-Bach Y, Stevens CF. The tetrameric structure of a glutamate receptor channel. Science. 1998;280:1596–1599.
Sabatini BL, Regehr WG. Timing of neurotransmission at fast synapses in the mammalian brain. Nature. 1996;384:170–172.
Shi SH, Hayashi Y, Petralia RS, et al. Rapid spine delivery and redistribution of AMPA receptors after synaptic NMDA receptor activation. Science. 1999;284:1811–1816.
Valera S, Hussy N, Evans RJ, et al. A new class of ligand-gated ion channel defined by P2x receptor for extracellular ATP. Nature. 1994;371:516–519.
Vignes M, Collingridge GL. The synaptic activation of kainate receptors. Nature. 1997;388:179–182.
Wilson RI, Nicoll RA. Endogenous cannabinoids mediate retrograde signalling at hippocampal synapses. Nature. 2001;410:588–592.