Bertalan Csillik, Submicroscopic Organization of the Postsynaptic Membrane in the Myoneural Junction. A Polarization Optical Study, The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jun., 1963), pp.

OpenStax, CC BY At a more fundamental level, the synapse is made of two membranes: one associated with the presynaptic neuron that transmits information, and one associated with the postsynaptic ...

3. Myosin Vb carries the recycling endosomes containing AMPAR toward around the postsynaptic membrane by stationary ATP driven transport not dependent on calcium concentration. 4.

These receptors convert the chemical signal into an electrical impulse, causing depolarization in the postsynaptic membrane. Excitation-contraction coupling results in immediate muscle contraction.

Figure 1: Ultrastructural localization of nAChRs, GlyRs and gephyrin at discrete postsynaptic membrane microdomains under the calyx-type presynaptic terminal on E15–17 chick ciliary neurons in ...

The discovery of such entry points drastically revises a long-held theory that surface molecules such as receptors are enveloped right where they rest in the fatty membrane, to be drawn into the ...

Protein components of post-synaptic density lattice, a backbone structure for type I excitatory synapses. J Neurochem. 144:390-407. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14254 [Terminology] ...

The changes taking place between these two membranes, commonly known as synaptic plasticity, are the primary mechanism for learning and memory. These include changes to the amounts of different ...

In terms of its appearance, PSD has been referred to as localized regions of thickening and increasing density that are directly attached to the postsynaptic membrane of excitatory synapses.

A particularly conspicuous structure directly underneath the postsynaptic membrane is the so-called "postsynaptic density," an agglomeration of possibly thousands of different proteins.

Calmodulin localization at the postsynaptic membrane suggests that this protein may mediate calcium effects at the synaptic junction and, thus, may play a role in the regulation of neurotransmission.