What is meant by the term synaptic targeting?
PSD-95 is a protein located in the post-synaptic region inside a cell. In fact it's named for this, &quot;post synaptic density-95&quot; referring to the dense appearance of the post synaptic area on an EM microscope and this protein's presence there.
&quot;Synaptic targeting&quot; in this context refers to how that protein gets to where it belongs (the synapse) in the cell, rather than just floating around in the cytoplasm by simple diffusion.