Star spangled manner: astrocytes and neurons contribute to adenosine release in the hippocampus 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Class warfare resolved in the auditory midbrain 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Quite simple at first glance - complex at a second: modulating neuronal activity by tDCS 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Burst activity and ultrafast activation kinetics of CaV1.3 Ca2+ channels support presynaptic activity in adult gerbil hair cell ribbon synapses 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract Auditory information transfer to afferent neurons relies on precise triggering of neurotransmitter release at the inner hair cell (IHC) ribbon synapses by Ca2+ entry through CaV1.3 Ca2+ cha....

Dynamic regulation of glycine-GABA co-transmission at spinal inhibitory synapses by neuronal glutamate transporter 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract Fast inhibitory neurotransmission in the central nervous system is mediated by -aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine, which are accumulated into synaptic vesicles by a common vesicular inhi....

Independent control of reciprocal and lateral inhibition at the axon terminal of retinal bipolar cells 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract Bipolar cells (BCs), the second order neurons in the vertebrate retina, receive two types of GABAergic feedback inhibition at their axon terminal: reciprocal and lateral inhibition. It has ....

Neuronal transporter and astrocytic ATP exocytosis underlie activity-dependent adenosine release in the hippocampus 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract The neuromodulator adenosine plays an important role in many physiological and pathological processes within the mammalian CNS. However, the precise mechanisms of how the concentration of e....

Crosslinking the ligand-binding domain dimer interface locks kainate receptors out of the main open state 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract Kainate-selective ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) fulfil key roles in the CNS, making them the subject of detailed structural and functional analyses. Although they are known to gat....

Restricted diffusion of calretinin in cerebellar granule cell dendrites implies Ca2+-dependent interactions via its EF-hand 5 domain 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract Ca2+-binding proteins (CaBPs) are important regulators of neuronal Ca2+ signalling, acting either as buffers that shape Ca2+ transients and Ca2+ diffusion and/or as Ca2+ sensors. The diffus....

Cl- homeodynamics in gap junction-coupled astrocytic networks on activation of GABAergic synapses 15 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am

Abstract The electrophysiological properties and functional role of GABAergic signal transmission from neurons to the gap junction-coupled astrocytic network are still unclear. GABA-induced astrocyt....