These neurochemical changes are consistent with studies using a combination of ICC, western blots, and qPCR that report that the presynaptic proteins synaptophysin, synapsin 1, VAMP2, SNAP25, and PSD95 all showed decreases after only one month of diabetes, especially when synaptosomal fractions were selectively examined [18]. The gene discussed is SNAP25; the disease is diabetes mellitus.