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Understanding action potential initiation and propagation

On July 13, 2009, the Journal of Cell Biology published a research article from the Institute of Neuroscience entitled "Ca2+ signaling evoked by activation of Na+ channels and Na+/Ca2+ exchangers is required for GABA-induced NG2 cell migrat...

A novel pathway mediating GABA-induced Ca2+ signaling in NG2

On July 13, 2009, the Journal of Cell Biology published a research article from the Institute of Neuroscience entitled Ca 2+ signaling evoked by activation of Na + channels and Na + /Ca 2+ exchangers is required for GABA-induced NG2 cell m...

Unravelling the mechanism underlying FGF-2 modulation in ast

On October 10th, the Journal of Neuroscience published an article from ION entitled “Upregulation of acid-sensing ion channel ASIC1a in spinal dorsal horn neurons contributes to inflammatory pain hypersensitivity”. This work was done by...

NEURON published ION finding on “Ra

On July 19th, Neuron published an article from ION entitled “Rapsyn Interaction with Calpain Stabilizes AChR Clusters at the Neuromuscular Junction”. This study was conducted in the Laboratory of Synaptic Signaling, mainly by graduate st...

Astrocytes were found to release AT

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is not only the most important energy carrier inside the cell, but also a universal extracellular signaling molecule. Astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell type in the brain, have been found to release signa...

Dishevelled promotes axon development by

Nature Cell Biology published the ION finding...

Want To Improve Memory? Strengthen 

Nurturing neuronal connections can protect your memory and help you stay mentally alert. A sharp mind and strong memory depend on the vitality of your brain's network of interconnecting neurons, and especially on junctions between these neu...

Functional Brain Imaging Insights From UC San Diego Grad Stu

David Wipf, a recent graduate of the electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. program at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering, has won a 2006 Outstanding Student Paper Award at a prestigious conference for his work on human functio...

Detailed 3-D Image Catches A Key Regulator Of Neural Stem Ce

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) took a high resolution "action shot" of a protein switch that plays a crucial role in the developme...

Sea Urchin Genome Suprisingly Similar To Man And May Hold Ke

Sea urchins are small and spiny, they have no eyes and they eat kelp and algae. Still, the sea creature's genome is remarkably similar to humans' and may hold the key to preventing and curing several human diseases, according to a Universi...