Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, memory, and social recognition. Led by Shannon Farris, assistant professor ...

This resistance raised questions about their specialized function. Previous research has indicated the mitochondrial calcium uniporter’s (MCU) role in coupling neuron activity and mitochondrial ATP ...

In 2004, Hans-Hermann Gerdes’ group from the University of Heidelberg discovered open-ended, membrane-enclosed channels between neuron-like cells ... As aggregate accumulation can result in ...

Mitochondria are cytoplasmic organelles found ... most likely via protein S-cyanylation. A neuron-specific isoform of PGC-1α is regulated independently from other isoforms and is repressed ...