Active Synapse

Scientists at George Mason University discuss research in science.
Science Letter; 11/17/2009; 862 words; ...rate. The all-or-none properties of spike generation and active membrane mechanisms can make the neuronal I/O relation very...biologically plausible changes in the weight and number of excitatory synapses on the feed-forward interneuron," wrote M. Ferrante and...

Scientists at University of California publish new data on enzyme research.
Proteomics Weekly; 11/16/2009; 1085 words; ...facilitate vesicle movement to the active zone (AZ) of synapses throughout the nervous system...mechanisms that specify their synapse-specific assembly and distribution...Brp) in both the axon and synapse. We propose that SRPK79D...Biology (Negative Regulation of Active Zone Assembly by a ...

New tissue engineering data have been reported by M. Gendrel and co-authors.
Blood Weekly; 11/12/2009; 647 words; ...Efficient neurotransmission at chemical synapses relies on spatial congruence between the presynaptic active zone, where synaptic vesicles fuse...have evolved to localize receptors at synapses, but in most cases, they rely on scaffolding...involved in the organization of the synapse, independently ...

Researchers from University of Warwick describe findings in physiology.
Biotech Week; 11/11/2009; 1065 words; ...when parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapses have recently been formed (postnatal...of the extracellular space is small. Active adenosine release was stimulated with...immature parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapses in rat cerebellum. Journal of Physiology...

Reports outline immunology study results from National Institutes of Health.
Immunotherapy Weekly; 11/11/2009; 791 words; ...specific TCR/antigen interactions generate the immunological synapse, their direct contribution to the effector-target cell conjugate...potential tool to detect and isolate viable and functionally active CTL," wrote C.Y. Voss and colleagues, National Institutes...