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Scientists link gut bacteria to bipolar depression in mouse study

Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help explain depressive ...
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Synaptic Depression: The Missing Link between Aβ and Tau?

That Aβ begets tau pathology is the central premise of the amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease. But how exactly does the begetting happen? A paper published August 31 in Cell Reports ...

Gut bacteria may play role in bipolar depression by directly influencing brain connectivity

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme mood changes. Individuals diagnosed with BD ...
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Facilitation versus Depression in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Determined by Targeting of Ca²⁺ Channel $Ca_{v}\beta_{4}$ versus $Ca_{v}\beta_{2}$ Subunits to Synaptic Terminals

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Ca²⁺ channel β subunits determine the transport and physiological properties of high voltage-activated ...
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Mechanisms to separately regulate synaptic vesicle release and recycling

Interactions of two voltage-gated calcium channels and a pump enable separate control of exocytosis and endocytosis at chemical synapses. Chemical synapses transmit information within the nervous ...