New insights into communication among brain cells

New insights into communication among brain cells

Alternate Title(s):
Adaptable brain: February 7, 1995
Series Title(s):
Decade of the brain
Contributor(s):
Judd, Lewis L., presenter
Tsien, R. W. (Richard W.), speaker
Library of Congress, sponsoring body.
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.), sponsoring body.
Decade of the Brain Symposium 1995 : Washington, D.C.)
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md.] : [National Institute of Mental Health], 1995
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Brain
Presynaptic Terminals -- physiology
Fluorescent Dyes
Functional Neuroimaging
Synaptic Transmission
Synaptic Vesicles -- physiology
Genre(s):
Lecture
Access:
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Abstract:
Part of a series dedicated to highlighting advances in neurosciences and brain research, this lecture is part of Symposium VI: the Adaptable Brain. Speaker Richard Tsien says that to understand even one individual synapse is to understand the function of the brain. New imaging capabilities (e.g. fluorescent dyes) are able to provide insights into synapses' functionality in communcation and memory. He also describes the "Magic Marker" approach, which involves monitoring the process of transmitter-release by the uptake of a marker to a protein inside a vesicle.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
030 min.
Color:
Color
Provenance:
Transfer; National Institute of Mental Health; 20060821; Acc# 2006-12.
Technique:
Other
NLM Unique ID:
101708832 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1048270665
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101708832