The functional assembly of the synaptic release machinery is well understood; however, how signalling factors modulate this process remains unknown. Recent studies suggest that Wnts play a role in presynaptic function. To ...

OMC (octyl-methoxycinnamate), an endocrine disruptor having estrogenic activity, is used in sunscreen creams as UV filter. We studied its in vitro effects on the hypothalamic release of Gn-RH as well as on the amino acid ...

Synaptic transmission is an essential process for neuron physiology. Such process is enabled in part due to modulation of neurotransmitter release. Adenosine is a synaptic modulator of neurotransmitter release in the Central ...

CASK is an evolutionarily conserved scaffolding protein that has roles in many cell types. In Drosophila, loss of the entire CASK gene or just the CASK- transcript causes a complex set of adult locomotor defects. In this ...

This paper proposes the idea that neural synapse is a pure electrical event. In order to derive this the well-known Fokker-Planck equation is employed. Basically the process of synapse is divided in three phases: (i) The ...

Studies of the effect of ethanol on human visual evoked potentials are rare and usually involve chronic alcoholic patients. The effect of acute ethanol ingestion has seldom been investigated. We have studied the effect of ...