Browsing by Subject "exocytosis"
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(2014-07-16)Department: PharmacologySynaptic transmission is characterized by exocytotic events which mediate the release of chemical transmitters to facilitate neuronal communication. Inhibitory presynaptic GPCRs act as feedback regulators limiting transmitter ...
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(2016-04-19)Department: Biological SciencesWithin a eukaryotic cell is a steady stream of vesicles budding from and fusing to different membranes to generate distinct organelles. The formation and movement of these vesicles is a complicated and interconnected process ...
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(2013-07-31)Department: PharmacologyAdrenal chromaffin cells release catecholamines, neuropeptides and other hormones to maintain cardiovascular and metabolic homeostasis, and tune the physiological response to acute stress. As such, chromaffin cells represent ...
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(2016-04-08)Department: PharmacologyGi/o-coupled G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) can exert an inhibitory effect on vesicle release through several G-protein driven mechanisms, more than one of which may be concurrently present in individual presynaptic ...