News tagged with synaptotagmin
Special protein helps maintain an efficient brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by UW-Madison researchers.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 18, 2009 |
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Hold that thought? Scientists find sensor that may explain working memory
(Medical Xpress) -- In many cases, a delay occurs between the time you are presented information and the time you respond with an action or decision. Most of us call it a thought, while some scientists call it working memory.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 21, 2011 |
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A new 'bent' on fusion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Success in soccer sometimes comes with "bending it like Beckham." Success in cellular fusion -- as occurs at the moment of conception and when nerve cells exchange neurotransmitters -- requires that a membrane ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Protein that regulates hormones critical to women's health found in pituitary
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have solved the mystery surrounding a "rogue protein" that plays a role in the release of neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain.
Jan 11, 2009 |
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Membrane fusion at the synapse: Janus faced synaptotagmin-1 helps to keep the fast pace
Imagine a bathtub with two soap bubbles colliding but never fusing. Then you add detergent, and the surface of the water goes flat as the walls of the bubbles collapse and merge.
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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Seeing a neurotoxin's deadly grip
Two Howard Hughes Medical Institute research teams working independently have discovered new information about how the botulinum neurotoxin shuts down neurons with deadly efficiency. By providing detailed views ...
Dec 13, 2006 |
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Think fast! Scientists unlock nerve speed secret
In the second it takes you to read these words, tens of thousands of vesicles in your optic nerves are released in sequence, opening tiny surface pores to pass chemical signals to the next cell down the line, telling your ...
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Jul 17, 2006 |
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High-Resolution Light Microscope Reveals the Fundamental Mechanisms of Nerve Communication
The development of STED microscopy has allowed researchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry to image, for the first time, proteins from single synaptic vesicles, answering long-standing ...
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Apr 14, 2006 |
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