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·February 25, 2016·4 min read

Only a Small Portion of Synapses May Be Active During Neurotransmission

A new technique to study neurotransmission in the brain has revealed only a small portion of synapses may be active at any given time.

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·December 4, 2013·7 min read

How Our Nerves Keep Firing

Researchers report on how nerve cells recycle vesicles. The findings suggest the process is much faster and different that previously proposed.

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·October 18, 2013·3 min read

Observing Brain Activity During Learning Errors

Mistakes made during the associative learning process activate two distinct neural networks in the brain, researchers discover.

This shows the drug transportation over the bbb via neurotransmitters

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·July 24, 2020·5 min read

Novel Drug Delivery Particles Use Neurotransmitters as a ‘Passport’ Into the Brain

Tufts researchers have developed neurotransmitter-lipid hybrids that help transport therapeutic drugs and gene editing proteins across the blood-brain barrier in mice.

This shows glutamate on a hippocampal neuron

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·July 27, 2022·2 min read

A Methodological Leap in the Exploration of Memory

Researchers have developed a comprehensive "toolbox" to establish that the mobility of receptors exists in intact brain tissue, and this mobility is critical for certain types of memory.

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·November 21, 2017·4 min read

Defining Function of an Enigmatic Synaptic Protein

Researchers shed light on the role Synaptotagmin 7 plays in neurotransmission in inhibitory synapses.

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·June 23, 2016·4 min read

The Finer Details of Neuronal Communication

Researchers have optimized optical and electrophysiological recordings from single neurons to study axonal excitability with unprecedented detail.

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·January 5, 2017·6 min read

Worms Have Teenage Ambivalence Too

A new study reports that, much like humans, adolescent worm brains mature into stable adult brains by changing neurons used to generate behavior.

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·July 6, 2020·6 min read

To Let Neurons Talk, Immune Cells Clear Paths Through Brain’s ‘Scaffolding’

Dropping the level of the IL-33 immune molecule increased the number of synapses in the brain. In older mice, ramping up IL-33 helped push the number of new synapses toward a more youthful state.

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·February 25, 2016·3 min read

What Makes Our Brains Tick So Fast?

A new study sheds light on how the brain is able to process information at lightening speed.

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·February 26, 2018·5 min read

Seeing the Brain’s Electrical Activity

A new optogenetics approach allows the imaging of neurotransmission without the use of electrode, researchers report.

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·March 5, 2020·5 min read

Previously unappreciated neurotransmitter system in the brain discovered

Researchers have identified a novel neurotransmitter system in the brain. The system signals transmission of innate olfactory information to areas of the brain associated with emotional processing via the TAAR5 receptor. The findings could help in the development of new treatments for depression and schizophrenia.

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neurotransmission

Only a Small Portion of Synapses May Be Active During Neurotransmission

How Our Nerves Keep Firing

Observing Brain Activity During Learning Errors

Novel Drug Delivery Particles Use Neurotransmitters as a ‘Passport’ Into the Brain

A Methodological Leap in the Exploration of Memory

Defining Function of an Enigmatic Synaptic Protein

The Finer Details of Neuronal Communication

Worms Have Teenage Ambivalence Too

To Let Neurons Talk, Immune Cells Clear Paths Through Brain’s ‘Scaffolding’

What Makes Our Brains Tick So Fast?

Seeing the Brain’s Electrical Activity

Previously unappreciated neurotransmitter system in the brain discovered

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