Medications
How Botox enters brain cells, a discovery that could save lives
Researchers from The University of Queensland have determined how Botox—a drug made from a deadly biological substance—enters brain cells.
May 26, 2023
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News tagged with synaptic vesicle
Neuroscience
Molecular map of the synapse
Scientists at the Institute for Auditory Neuroscience, UMG, the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the Abberior Instruments GmbH have applied high-resolution 3D-MINFLUX technology for precise 3D representation ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
Using a supercomputer to understand synaptic transmission
Let's think for a second about thought—specifically, the physics of neurons in the brain.
Jun 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
New findings for the function of tau in neurodegenerative disease
Utilizing cutting-edge proteomics, researchers at the Buck Institute and elsewhere have mapped the "tau interactome" uncovering new findings about the role of tau in neurodegenerative disease. Publishing in Cell, scientists ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Neuroscience
Scientists explain why neurons consume so much fuel even when at rest
Pound for pound, the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and, puzzlingly, it remains a fuel-guzzler even when its neurons are not firing signals called neurotransmitters to each other. Now researchers at ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Neuroscience
Saturated fatty acid levels increase when making memories
Saturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly rise in the brain during memory formation, according to University of Queensland research, opening a new avenue of investigation into how memories are made.
Jun 28, 2021
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists uncover a novel means of interneuronal communication using extracellular vesicles
An international collaboration led by Vanderbilt researchers has found that a novel form of brain cell communication may influence brain function. The discovery was uncovered by Natalí L. Chanaday, postdoctoral scholar, ...
May 25, 2021
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Neuroscience
How proteins control information processing in the brain
A complicated interaction between proteins is needed for information to pass from one nerve cell to the next. Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now managed to study this process in the ...
May 10, 2021
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Neuroscience
Tone of voice matters in neuronal communication
The dialogue between neurons is of critical importance for all nervous system activities, from breathing to sensing, thinking to running. Yet neuronal communication is so fast, and at such a small scale, that it is exceedingly ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
New method reveals how the Parkinson's disease protein damages cell membranes
Sufferers of Parkinson's disease have clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the "Parkinson's protein," found in the brain. These destroy cell membranes, eventually resulting in cell death. Now, a method ...
Jul 2, 2020
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