Using cryo-electron tomography, the team was able to visualize synaptic vesicles (SVs) in 3D and confirm a potentially important protein-protein interaction. They also broadened our understanding ...
(3) This causes synaptic vesicles to fuse with the terminal membrane, releasing neurotransmitter into the gap between neurons, known as the synaptic cleft. (4) The neurotransmitters bind to ...
To do this, the synaptic vesicle must dock at the membrane of the presynaptic neuron and dump its content into the synapse, where it moves to particular receptors on the postsynaptic neuron.
Developing a FRET sensor for synaptic vesicle zinc. Currently Funded by the CU Signaling and Cellular Regulation Training Program. I love working with neurons and understanding their basic mechanisms.