Science news articles about 'nerve cell membrane'

... with an aqueous environment on both sides that accurately models the behavior of the nerve cell membrane. A collaborative team of researchers from NIST, Carnegie Mellon University, the University ...

... research program. To cause its deadly effects, the botulinum neurotoxin first binds to a nerve cell membrane, which curves inward, incorporating the toxin into a vesicle that drifts inside the cell. ...

... burning sensation results from the action of a chemical known as capsaicin on TRPV1 found on the nerve cell membrane. TRPV1 is an ion channel, a tiny pore on the cell membrane that allows chemicals ...

... researchers increased the concentration of a soapy solution that mimics the lipids found in different nerve cell membranes in the brain. Alpha-synuclein is known to bind to membranes on nerve cells, ...

... study published in the May 4 print issue of the Journal of Cell Biology and online at www.jcb.org. ... called gamma secretase, which sits in nerve cell membranes and chops up other proteins. Inoue et al ...