2008-11-02

Kill the Body and the Head Will Die

The more we understand the enemy, the better we become at destroying it: Scientists Identify Machinery that Helps Make Memories - DukeHealth.org: "Electrical impulses cause one nerve cell to dump its neurotransmitter, in this case, glutamate, into the small space between neurons (the synapse), which activates neurotransmitter receptors on the receiving side.... When the scientists blocked myosin in single cells, this stopped the addition of new receptors and prevented electrical impulses from getting stronger, showing that myosin is essential to enhancing nerve cell connections."

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