Synapses are the sites of neuron-to-neuron communication and form the basis of the neural
circuits that underlie all animal cognition and behavior. Chemical synapses are specialized …

Animal brains need to store information to construct a representation of their environment.
Knowledge of what happened in the past allows both vertebrates and invertebrates to …

Brain function is mediated by the physiological coordination of a vast, intricately connected
network of molecular and cellular components. The physiological properties of neural …

In vertebrates, several forms of memory-relevant synaptic plasticity involve postsynaptic
rearrangements of glutamate receptors. In contrast, previous work indicates that Drosophila …

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) are a group of disorders that include intellectual
disability. Although several genes have been implicated in NDD, the molecular mechanisms …

The Synaptotagmin (SYT) family of proteins play key roles in regulating membrane
trafficking at neuronal synapses. Using both Ca 2+-dependent and Ca 2+-independent …

RNA polymerase II interacts with various other complexes and factors to ensure correct
initiation, elongation, and termination of mRNA transcription. One of these proteins is SR …

Neurotransmission at chemical synapses relies on the calcium-induced fusion of synaptic
vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. The distance of the synaptic vesicle to the calcium …

Super-resolution microscopy techniques offer subdiffraction limited resolution that is two-to
ten-fold improved compared to that offered by conventional confocal microscopy. This …

Neurons possess numerous synaptic terminals. Presynaptic structures in a single motor
neuron exhibit heterogeneity that associated with distinct characters of synaptic vesicle …