This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

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Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that brain immune cells from people with a high genetic risk for alcohol use ...

Neuroscience examines the structure and function ... to map the brain at a mechanistic level. Humans have an estimated hundred billion neurons, or brain cells, each with about a thousand ...

“Understanding the structure of axons is important for understanding brain cell signaling. Axons are the cables that connect our brain tissue, enabling learning, memory and other functions ...