New research reveals how a class of #neurons that help coordinate communication in the #brain link up with their target cells, identifying two #molecules that must be present before synapses, the structures that carry signals between these partners, can form on the target neurons.
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https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ns01132601.html
Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/molecular-difference-in-autistic-brains/
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🤒 Why do we actually get a #fever? One reason is that immune cells move faster at higher temperatures. A team led by Stefan Wieser at the Institute of Zoology has now uncovered the molecular mechanism behind this process, with the motor protein myosin II taking center stage.
🆕 https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/heat-acts-as-a-turbo-boost-for-immune-cells/
📖 https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/fulltext/S1534-5807(25)00636-7
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Heat acts as a Turbo-Boost for Immune Cells
Temperature is a key physiological factor that determines the speed of immune reactions. While this may seem obvious, it has remained largely unexplored at the single-cell level—until now. Stefan Wieser from the Institute of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck and his colleagues report in Developmental Cell that the motor protein Myosin II regulates the temperature sensitivity of immune cells and drives the acceleration of immune responses at elevated body temperature.
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