Tag: mouse models

December 17, 2021

SFARI 2021 Pilot awardees announced

Neuromuscular junction. Fluorescent confocal light micrograph of the junction between a nerve cell and a muscle (not seen). The axon of the nerve cell (neuron) has been tagged with a blue dye. The axon ends at end plates, which form junctions called synapses with the muscle cells. The end plates have been dyed red here by tagging them with the snake venom alpha-bungarotoxin, which binds to them. When a nerve signal reaches the synapse, it causes the synaptic vesicles to rupture, releasing the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. The protein synaptophysin, found in the vesicles, is dyed green. Acetylcholine binds to receptors on the muscle cells, causing them to contract. Magnification: x120 when printed 10cm wide.

December 16, 2021

Fronto-striatal dopamine underlying behavioral inhibition in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1

December 13, 2021

A Conversation with Steven Hyman about animal models for autism research By Kris Dickson

November 22, 2021

Altered hormone signaling in the brainstem causes motor delays in 16p11.2 mice By Kris Dickson

November 17, 2021

2021 Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Genetic Therapies awardees announced

Human DNA Researches

November 16, 2021

RhoA over activation may underlie smaller brain volumes in Cul3 mutant mice By Kris Dickson

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