Kanazawa University, report the successful creation of artificial synaptic vesicles that can be remotely controlled by ...

(NIR) light. By embedding a phthalocyanine dye into lipid bilayers, the team achieved local heating that modulates membrane ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in ACS Nano the successful creation of artificial synaptic vesicles that can be remotely controlled by ...

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified the molecular machinery responsible for release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Neurons secrete dopamine in a fast, spatially precise manner through ...

Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve cells. Upon energy restriction, an ...

Robust neural information transfer relies on a delicate molecular nano-architecture of chemical synapses. Neurotransmitter release is controlled by a specific arrangement of proteins within ...

First author Tim Ziebarth shows the atypical glutamate release events on the screen, which were visualized using a fluorescence sensor. Our brain requires a constant supply of energy. A disrupted ...