Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurons
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 12:49
in Biology & Nature
HOUSTON - (Sept. 4, 2009) -- As part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neuron to the next, tiny vesicles -- bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange possible -- travel to the tip of neurons (synapses), where they fuse with the cell's membrane (a process called exocytosis).