Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University in Sweden have achieved something long thought almost impossible—counting the molecules of the neurotransmitter glutamate released when a signal ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Researchers have uncovered the normal function of a protein associated with Parkinson's disease, giving clues about what happens when it malfunctions.
Sep 19, 2016
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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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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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New research is providing insights into why the brain is so reliant on sugar to function.
Jan 24, 2017
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Whether in the brain or in the muscles, wherever there are nerve cells, there are synapses. These contact points between neurons form the basis for the transmission of excitation, the communication between neurons. As in ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that a protein acts like a volume dial for the release of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that neurons release across connections called synapses ...
May 6, 2020
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Let's think for a second about thought—specifically, the physics of neurons in the brain.
Jun 20, 2022
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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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Inside cells, where DNA is packed tightly in the nucleus and rigid proteins keep intricate transport systems on track, some molecules have a simpler way of establishing order. They can self-organize, find one another in crowded ...
Aug 15, 2018
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