News tagged with postsynaptic density
Investigating a sometimes-faulty protein's role in brain links
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shed light on how a protein implicated in cognitive disorders maintains and regulates brain cell structures that are key to learning and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 05, 2009 |
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The genetic basis of 130 brain diseases
In research published today, scientists have studied human brain samples to isolate a set of proteins that accounts for over 130 brain diseases. The paper also shows an intriguing link between diseases and the evolution of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Multiple axons and actions with PSD-95
Nitric oxide gets neurons together. And it seems to do it backward. Work by Nikonenko et al. suggests that a protein called PSD-95 prompts nitric oxide release from postsynaptic dendritic spines, prompting ...
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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Astrocytes and synaptic plasticity
By mopping up excess neurotrophic factor from neuronal synapses, astrocytes may finely tune synaptic transmission to affect processes such as learning and memory, say Bergami et al.
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Oct 13, 2008 |
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