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Milestone: The X-ray Crystal structure of the voltage gated sodium channel
The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel Jian Payandeh, Todd Scheuer, Ning Zheng & William A. Catterall Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 981… more →
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Milestone: The X-ray Crystal structure of the voltage gated sodium channel
wrote 1 year ago: The crystal structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel Jian Payandeh, Todd Scheuer, Ning Zheng … more →
Combining Crystallography and Physical Chemistry (FRET) to study the conformations of fast excitatory AMPA receptors
wrote 2 years ago: FRET = single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer Structural landscape of isolated agoni … more →
Cognition enhancement strategies
wrote 2 years ago: Cognition enhancement strategies. J Neurosci. 2010 Nov 10;30(45):14987-92. Bibb JA, Mayford MR, Tsie … more →
α-Synuclein protein advances Parkinson's by preventing neurons from clearing debris
wrote 2 years ago: α-Synuclein impairs macroautophagy: implications for Parkinson’s disease JCB Home > 2010 Archive … more →
Molecular Basis of Plasticity: SynCAM 1 Adhesion Dynamically Regulates Synapse Number and Impacts Plasticity and Learning
wrote 2 years ago: Neurons that fire together wire together. Adhesion molecule SynCAM1: promotes new synapses in the de … more →
Axon and target communicate to organize synaptic differentiation.
wrote 2 years ago: Key Presynaptic organizers: NT-7a, neuroligin, synaptic cell adhesion molecule (SynCAM) and fibrobla … more →
Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus
wrote 2 years ago: Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus Nature Medicine 4, 1313 – 1317 (1998) doi:10.1038/ … more →
Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus
wrote 2 years ago: Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus Nature Neuros … more →
Pain: Sites of Origin, Pathways, and Neurotransmitters
wrote 2 years ago: Pain: Sites of Origin, Pathways, and Neurotransmitters Source: Canadian Council on Animal Care The p … more →
Investigating the neurobiology of music: BDNF modulation in the hippocampus of young adult mice.
wrote 2 years ago: Investigating the neurobiology of music: brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulation in the hippoca … more →
Music exposure differentially alters the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor in the mouse hypothalamus
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wrote 2 years ago: Music exposure differentially alters the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growt … more →
Anxiolytic effect of music exposure on BDNFMet/Met transgenic mice.
wrote 2 years ago: Anxiolytic effect of music exposure on BDNFMet/Met transgenic mice. Brain Res. 2010 Aug 6;1347:71-9. … more →
BDNF as a biomarker for mood disorders: an historical overview and future directions.
wrote 2 years ago: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a biomarker for mood disorders: an historical overview and futu … more →
Brain connections have rhythm: Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Structural Synaptic Plasticity in Hypocretin Neurons @ STANFORD
wrote 2 years ago: Circadian and Homeostatic Regulation of Structural Synaptic Plasticity in Hypocretin Neurons Lior Ap … more →
Stunning Details of Brain Connections: Single-Synapse Analysis of a Diverse Synapse Population: Proteomic Imaging Methods and Markers @ STANFORD
wrote 2 years ago: Journal Reference: Kristina D. Micheva, Brad Busse, Nicholas C. Weiler, Nancy O’Rourke, Stephe … more →
Neurobiochemical Foundations of Sleep: ATP and the purine type 2 X7 receptor affect sleep
wrote 2 years ago: Abstract Sleep is dependent upon prior brain activities, e.g., after prolonged wakefulness sleep reb … more →
Pleasurable food Reduces Stress
wrote 2 years ago: ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2010) — Whether it’s food or sex, pleasurable activity provides more th … more →
The See-Saw Circuit of Fear: Genetic dissection of an amygdala microcircuit that gates conditioned fear
wrote 2 years ago: ABSTRACT The role of different amygdala nuclei (neuroanatomical subdivisions) in processing Pavlovia … more →
TED TALK: Understanding the brain by controlling neurons - Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain
wrote 2 years ago: TED TALK Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain Optical mind control. In this case the brain is contro … more →
