Videos of AMPA-R Insertion
Category: Synapses
Researchers at UCSF show a way to watch AMPA receptor insertion.
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Category: Synapses
Researchers at UCSF show a way to watch AMPA receptor insertion.
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 11:29 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Synapses
3D reconstruction shows the tethering of synaptic vesicles
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 12:08 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Synapses
There has always been a bit of a debate as to whether the vesicles in the presynaptic nerve terminal that contain transmitter are just near the presynaptic membrane or are in fact hemifused with it. At the presynapse, vesicles containing...
Posted by NotoriousLTP at 10:33 AM • 7 Comments •