AMPA Receptors On Cell Membrane Make Us Smarter

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 23:21 in Biology & Nature

AMPA receptors are an important regulating factor in the connection between our nerve cells. However, researchers have demonstrated that it is not the amount of AMPA receptors inside the cell that are vitally important but the receptors located on the cell membrane. Changes in the strength of the connections between two nerve cells form the basis of our ability to learn.

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