Slow road to a synapse: Why some neuronal proteins take their time getting to the terminal
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
Grappling with a question that has defied scientific explanation for decades, researchers offer the first evidence-based model to explain how certain proteins in neurons travel from the central body of the cell (where they are made) down its axon to the terminal synapse -- the junction where neurons communicate with each other.