PRESYNAPTIC BODIES (RIBBONS) - FROM ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS TO MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVES

Authors
WAGNER HJ
Citation
Hj. Wagner, PRESYNAPTIC BODIES (RIBBONS) - FROM ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS TO MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVES, Cell and tissue research, 287(3), 1997, pp. 435-446
Citations number
117
Categorie Soggetti
Cell Biology
Journal title
Cell and tissue research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0302766X
Volume
287
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
435 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
0302-766X(1997)287:3<435:PB(-FU>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The morphological diversity and dynamic aspects of presynaptic bodies are summarised. Molecular characteristics of the presynaptic machinery are discussed and the signals that control the plasticity of the pres ynaptic bodies are examined. A review is presented of recent findings regarding the physiology of tonically active synapses. The significanc e of the synaptic bodies and their dynamic changes in retinal and pine al photoreceptors are considered.