Researchers visualize formation of a new synapse

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 04:21 in Biology & Nature

A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of UC Davis researchers has found.

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