The molecules of the neurotransmitter glutamate released when a signal is transferred between two brain cells has been counted, for the first time, by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University in Swedenby. With a novel analysis method, they demonstrated that the brain regulates its signals using glutamate in more ways than previously…
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Key Molecule for Synaptic Neurotransmitter Release Identified
The molecule which determines where in the synaptic gap neurotransmitters are released has been pinpointed by scientists working at the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) and their colleagues at the Freie Universität Berlin (FU). The finding contributes to our understanding of synaptic transmission and may improve our ability to explain pathological processes in the…