The paper S.S.H. Wang et al., “Fusion competent synaptic vesicles persist upon active zone disruption and loss of vesicle docking,” Neuron, 91:777-91, 2016. Hair trigger Neurons send each other ...

In our brain, information is passed from one neuron to the next at a structure called synapse. At a chemical synapse, a chemical is released from the signal-sending neuron or presynaptic neuron. This ...

New findings challenge existing dogma that neurons release fixed amounts of chemical signal at any one time and could have implications for brain disorders including Parkinson's and schizhophrenia.

Neurons in the brain form tangled webs of connections. Within these webs, cells communicate with each other to control motor, cognitive and other functions. A neuron, when activated, propagates an ...

They then turned their attention to the cycle in which vesicles release their neurotransmitter cargo and are then sent back into the cell to refill with neurotransmitter before rejoining a pool of ...

After exocytosis, synaptic vesicles must be retrieved and refilled with neurotransmitter to supply the needs of an active neuron. A new report finds that synaptic activity, through the retrograde ...

Miscreant forms of tau are known to start trouble when they wander away from axons and into presynaptic terminals. In the February 1 Neuron, researchers report that the synaptic vesicle protein ...

In a tour-de-force of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), UC San Francisco researchers have become to the first to solve the structure of a hard-working protein that helps reload neurons for repeated ...

A new study has made the surprising discovery that neurons are capable of controlling how much dopamine they release, which goes against what specialists have hitherto believed. The newly discovered ...