News articles tagged with 'neuroligin'
CSHL scientists show in unprecedented detail how cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbours
— 3 Jan 2011 16:14 | HealthNewly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurones in the developing brain make connections…
Misfolded neural proteins linked to autism disorders
— 11 Sep 2010 11:04 | HealthAn international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, has identified misfolding and other molecular anomalies in a key brain protein associated…
Researchers connect APC protein to autism and mental retardation
— 23 Aug 2010 18:24 | HealthA clue to the causes of autism and mental retardation lies in the synapse, the tiny intercellular junction that rapidly transfers information from one neurone to the next. According…
Gene mutation is linked to autism-like symptoms in mice
— 24 Feb 2010 12:41 | HealthWhen a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviours, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have…
Communication problems in the brain
— 21 Jan 2010 18:12 | HealthFor brain cells to communicate, the contacts to each other must function. The protein molecule neuroligin-1 plays an important role in this as it stimulates the necessary maturation…
UC Davis researchers visualise formation of a new synapse
— 18 Jun 2009 13:00 | HealthA protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurones together like 'molecular Velcro,' a study…
Capturing the birth of a synapse
— 27 May 2009 08:30 | HealthResearchers have identified the locking mechanism that allows some neurones to form synapses to pass along essential information. Mutations of genes that produce a critical cell-adhesion…
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