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Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease

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  • Thomas C. Südhof

    (Neuroscience Institute, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University)

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The brain processes information by transmitting signals at synapses, which connect neurons into vast networks of communicating cells. In these networks, synapses not only transmit signals but also transform and refine them. Neurexins and neuroligins are synaptic cell-adhesion molecules that connect presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons at synapses, mediate signalling across the synapse, and shape the properties of neural networks by specifying synaptic functions. In humans, alterations in genes encoding neurexins or neuroligins have recently been implicated in autism and other cognitive diseases, linking synaptic cell adhesion to cognition and its disorders.

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  • Thomas C. Südhof, 2008. "Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7215), pages 903-911, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7215:d:10.1038_nature07456
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07456
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