A central belief about ethanol is that it acts mainly by partitioning into the lipid bilayer of
membranes. Newer ideas focus on the neuronal synapse and suggest that ethanol can …

The main source of energy for the mammalian brain is glucose, and the main sink of energy
in the mammalian brain is the neuron, so the conventional view of brain energy metabolism …

Nanochannel-based biosensing devices have been proposed for selective detection of
protein analyte molecules. However, the design and miniaturization of reusable channel …

Insulin signaling through the insulin receptor has long been studied in classic target organs,
such as adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, where one of its effects is to increase glucose …

Ion channels that are located on intracellular organelles have always posed challenges for
biophysicists seeking to measure their ion conduction, selectivity, and gating kinetics. Unlike …

Physical aspects of glycolipids in membranes are of interest because physical factors may
have important bearing on their structural and receptor roles. However certain points remain …

The ability to fuel neurons via glycogenolysis is believed to be an important function of glia.
Indeed, the slow, rather than immediate, depression of synaptic transmission in …

Although the preceding chapters have summarized much of our current knowledge
regarding nervous tissue complex carbohydrates, it is evident that most hypotheses …

During development of the neuromuscular junction, high densities of acetylcholine receptors
accumulate beneath the overlying nerve terminal. A defining feature of mature synapses is …

We report that cholesterol depletion with methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) acutely applied to rat
brain synaptosomes is accompanied by an immediate increase in transporter-mediated …