Signal Spreading from a Single Synapse. Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience revealed signal spreading during structural plasticity of dendritic spines using new biosensors....
Jean-Pierre Levraud, Nuno Palha, and Pierre Boudinot discuss how zebrafish can be used as a model for studying viral infections and host-virus interactions. For more information, see the related revie...
Structural Rearrangement of Ebola Virus VP40 Begets Multiple Functions in the Virus Life Cycle
Erica Saphire and colleagues describe the remarkable plasticity demonstrated by the Ebola VIRUS protein VP40, which undergoes at least three distinct structural conformations to carry out different fu...
Exploring Astrocyte Diversity in Neural Circuits. Chai, Díaz-Castro et al. briefly highlight methods used to explore astrocytes in the hippocampus and striatum. The data show that astrocytes are disti...
Bioluminescent millipedes - Bioluminescence is the ability of an organism to generate its own light. Numerous functions have been proposed for the 40 or more independent origins of bioluminescence, fo...
The Neurobiology of Gendered Behavior. Catherine Dulac speaks about “The Neurobiology of Gendered Behavior” at the Cell Press/AWIS LabLinks meeting on The Gender of Science and the Science of Gender h...
A nitrate sensor for plants - Sensing changes in soil ion concentration is essential for plants to survive and to sustain maximal growth. Ion sensors had not been identified in higher plants, but now ...
Altitude control in Drosophila - Flying animals need to control their altitude as well as their horizontal movement. Although much is known about the visual reflexes that regulate horizontal motion, l...
The function of hippocampal area CA2 has remained unclear for over 75 years. Watch and listen as Steve Siegelbaum and Vivien Chevaleyre take you on a persona......
Awakening Stem Cells with Vitamins/Cell, May 4, 2017 (Vol. 169, Issue 5)
Awakening Stem Cells with Vitamins/Cell, (Vol. 169, Issue 5) . Billions of blood cells die every day and need to be replaced by new ones. In this video, Andreas Trumpp shows that Vitamin A is a key si...
