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This diagram depicts both exocytosis and endocytosis.

·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.

This illustration shows the SV distribution. The caption best describes the image.

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·February 19, 2015·2 min read

New Insights into Underlying Cellular Mechanisms of Information Processing in the Brain

A new study identifies a key factor in regulating information transmission during the early stages of auditory processing.

This is a 3D reconstruction of 13 axons.

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·July 31, 2015·4 min read

Taking a Trip Through the Brain

Researchers have developed a new imaging tool that is able to generate images of the brain of an adult mouse at a scale previously thought unachievable.

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·June 14, 2017·5 min read

Rules of the Neural Roads: Traffic Control in Your Synapses

Researchers investigate the path of synaptic vesicles.

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·August 17, 2017·5 min read

How Neurons Talk to Each Other

A new study challenges conventional thinking about how neurons that release dopamine communicate. The findings could have vital implications for dopamine related diseases such as Parkinson's.

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·October 18, 2018·4 min read

Bee Study Links Genes to Social Behaviors, Including Autism

Bees are helping researchers to uncover genes responsible for social behaviors, including social deficits associated with ASD. Researchers have identified 200 new gene variations linked to social behaviors, with 21 clustered in or nearby 6 genes implicated in autism.