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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
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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.