Your browser does not support the video tag. Break Using a new line of mice that express a synaptic membrane receptor with a fluorescent tag, researchers have followed changes in the strength of the synapses in the brain over several days. The method could provide information about the altered synaptic function in people with autism […]
Bouton bust: SYNGAP1 helps neurons eliminate old synapses and form new ones after a new experience (left and center left) – a process that is attenuated in mice lacking a copy of the gene (center right and right). Courtesy Gavin Rumbaugh In fact, according to a new study in mice, partial loss of the autism-linked […]
