Recent studies have suggested a role for neurotrophins in the growth and refinement of neural
connections, in dendritic growth, and in activity-dependent adult plasticity. To unravel the …

Cholesterol regulates plasma membrane (PM) association and functioning of syntaxin-4 and
soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein 23 (SNAP23) in the secretory pathway. …

Neurotransmitters are stored in synaptic vesicles, where they have been assumed to be in
free solution. Here we report that in Torpedo synaptic vesicles, only 5% of the total …

Cardiac muscle is characterized by a high rate of glucose consumption. In the absence of
insulin, glucose transport into cardiomyocytes limits the rate of glucose utilization and therefore …

Directed cell migration and axonal guidance are essential steps in neural development. Both
processes are controlled by specific guidance cues that activate the signaling cascades …

… Joan Blasi …

ATP is an electrically charged molecule that functions both in the supply of energy necessary
for cellular activity and as an intercellular signaling molecule. Although controlled ATP …

Electrophysiological, morphological, and biochemical approaches were combined to study
the effect of the presynaptic injection of the light chain of botulinum toxin C1 into the squid …

A major objective for the understanding of muscle glucose disposal is the elucidation of the
intracellular trafficking pathway of GLUT4 glucose carriers in the muscle fiber. In this report, …

Delayed cell death of projection cells in the CA1 area of the hippocampus is produced in
the adult gerbil following 5 minutes (min) of transient forebrain ischemia. Parvalbumin-…