Nerve Cell Tension Finding Makes News

6/25/2012 By Katherine L. Heine

A groundbreaking finding that tension is required for neurotransmission (the signaling of nerve cells needed for learning and memory) was the Editor's Choice in the August 11 issue of Science Signaling. Details of the study by MechSE professor Taher Saif and University of Miami biologist Akira Chiba appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month.

Written by By Katherine L. Heine

A groundbreaking finding that tension is required for neurotransmission (the signaling of nerve cells needed for learning and memory) was the Editor's Choice in the August 11 issue of Science Signaling. Details of the study by MechSE professor Taher Saif and University of Miami biologist Akira Chiba appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month. News has spread rapidly since then via such venues as Medical News Today, First Science, Life Sciences World, Red Orbit and Nano Techwire.


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This story was published June 25, 2012.