News tagged with dendritic spines
Memory molecule, deja vu
A second high-profile paper in as many months has found an important role in learning and memory for calpain, a molecule whose academic fortunes have ebbed and flowed for 25 years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Lifelong memories linked to stable nerve connections
Our ability to learn new information and adapt to changes in our daily environment, as well as to retain lifelong memories, appears to lie in the minute junctions where nerve cells communicate, according to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Could some forms of mental retardation be treated with drugs?
Growth factors. They are the proteins that trigger a countless number of actions in cells. Drugs that increase or decrease certain growth factors have lead to treatments for cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Georgetown ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Function of a neglected structure in neurons revealed after 50 years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifty years after it was originally discovered, scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland, have elucidated the function of a microscopic network of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 08, 2009 |
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New insight into Alzheimer's disease pathology
An Alzheimer's-related protein helps form and maintain nerve cell connections, according to a study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
May 04, 2009 |
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