By influencing calcium homeostasis, local protein synthesis and the endoplasmic reticulum, a small protein called Rab10 emerges as a crucial cytoplasmic regulator of neuropeptide secretion.

New structural markers of memory storage uncovered by Scripps Research may pave the way for new treatments for memory loss.

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

which transport materials from the cell body to the axon terminals at the synapse. (D) The growth cone contains dendritic actin filament networks and parallel actin filament filopodia.

Laurent Descarries, well known for his research on the brain’s axon terminals, has passed away at the age of 73. The measles virus attacks long-lived immune cells, reducing antibody-mediated ...

When I expressed the different protein constructs in neuron cells in culture, I demonstrated that these C-terminal tails determined ... homogenously along the axon in fact clustered in its places on ...