Protein linked to mental retardation controls synapse maturation, plasticity

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 08:35 in Biology & Nature

A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has demonstrated the mechanism by which a signalling protein found throughout the brain controls the maturation and strength of excitatory synapses, the tiny gaps across which the majority of neurones communicate...

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