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receptors due to their importance in synaptic transmission and their special relevance in Alzheimer's disease. Compared to healthy individuals, the results reveal that people with Alzheimer's ...

A receptor that cannabis latches onto in the brain could be a promising target for future mental health treatments.

We have applied them to study the diffusion of synaptic receptors in the membrane and the generation of complex spiking patterns in whole neurons. We have recently extended our efforts to understand ...

and neurotransmitter binding to specific post-synaptic receptors. Electrical synapse transmission involves the transfer of electrical signals through gap junctions. Genetically encoded dense core ...

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It has long been understood from their seminal work in the 1990s that the flow of calcium ions through NMDA receptor can trigger a form of synaptic plasticity called “long-term depression” (LTD).

Erythropoietin-producing hepatoma (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant in ...