Science news articles about 'synaptotagmin'

... , depression, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. Rosenmund and colleagues found that synaptotagmin-1 plays an important role in maintaining this speed. Bringing two fusing ...

... of the bubbles collapse and merge. Scientists have used that analogy to describe the action of synaptotagmin-1, which acts to catalyze the fusion of the membranes of tiny neurotransmitter-filled ...

... out of the vesicle's contents — neurotransmitters and hormones — so they can act on other cells. "Most synaptotagmins are triggering molecules that drive a vesicle's membrane into the membrane that ...

... department laboratory at the SMPH, did most of the work on the study. The scientists have been studying synaptotagmins for several years, making great strides in understanding their role in ...

... is an elementary issue that biologists have pondered for a long time," says Chapman, a synaptotagmin expert who has contributed significantly to understanding the protein's role in fusion during ...