Sentences with phrase «as synaptic proteins»

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Learning more about how synapses change their connections could help scientists better understand neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, since many of the genetic alterations linked to autism are found in genes that code for synaptic proteins.

The structure of synaptophysin suggests that the protein may function as a channel in the synaptic vesicle membrane, with the carboxyl terminus serving as a binding site for cellular factors.

In subsequent research at the Stowers Institute, Si and his team identified Orb2 as the fruit fly version of the CPEB synaptic protein.

It has been known for decades that triggering new protein synthesis is vital to the formation of long - term memories as well as for long - lasting synaptic plasticity — the ability of the neurons to change the collective strength of their connections with other neurons.

To determine whether the protein in question, at the time known as BNPI, mediated the transport of glutamate into synaptic vesicles, the researchers inserted the BNPI DNA into rat cells that normally lacked BNPI protein.

All major synaptic protein classes were observed, including components of important pre - and postsynaptic complexes as well as low abundance signaling proteins.