Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers have been able to capture how glutamate opens glutamate receptor ion channels. The Nature study provides significant insight into how receptors can mediate brain function.
Researchers believe they may have uncovered vital clues as to how long term memories may be erased.
AMPA receptors form and disintegrate continually, rather than existing as stable entities. The findings shed light on the early stages of synaptic plasticity.
A new study reports on how neurons can react quickly, or at a slower pace, depending on what they are required to do.
