Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have shown how RNA-binding proteins modulate synaptic responses that mediate the transmission of nerve cell impulses. Cells in the central ...

When neuroscientists analyzed the exact properties of nerve connections in the brain, they made a startling observation: At a key connection, or synapse, messages are sent against the usual stream of ...

Activity-dependent modulation of synaptic transmission is an important mechanism of learning and memory. Previous studies have focused on activity-dependent potentiation of excitatory transmission 1,2 ...

Neuroscientists have always presumed that learning and memory depend on strengthening or weakening the connection points between neurons (synapses), increasing or decreasing the likelihood that the ...

BECAUSE of their importance in the transmission of impulses, the postsynaptic membranes have been repeatedly investigated by histochemical and electron-microscopical methods. Very little is known, ...

In aggressive glioblastoma, cancer cells plug into the brain’s neuronal network and receive impulses that appear to stimulate tumor growth. These impulses, which are transmitted via synaptic ...