These results enable the design of new synaptic connectors using specific combinations of kainate receptor subunits and offer ...

The post-synaptic side of the synapse is now recognized as a site of highly dynamic membrane trafficking events, where some neurotransmitter receptors shuttle between the plasma membrane and ...

The advance from a team with Professor Tobin Marks and research assistant professor Yao Yao could enable perceptual capabilities in robotics.

2 Chemical synapses communicate by releasing neurotransmitters—signaling molecules that are stored and released from neurons via synaptic vesicles in response to action potentials and voltage-gated ...

Compared to healthy individuals, the results reveal that people with Alzheimer's disease exhibit decreased NMDA receptors in synapses and increased extrasynaptic membranes. The team includes ...

The three best examples of ion channel/receptor clustering in the nervous system are found at the synapse, the node of Ranvier, and the axon initial segment (AIS). In the case of the synapse, the ...

These receive incoming impulses from other neurones. Information from receptors passes along neurones, as electrical impulses to co-ordinators such as the central nervous system or CNS.

Artificially engineered biological processes, such as perception systems, remain an elusive target for organic electronics experts due to the reliance of human senses on an adaptive network of sensory ...

The Henley lab is interested in the mechanisms by which neurotransmitter receptors are targeted to, retained at and removed from synapses under normal and stimulated conditions. Receptors share common ...