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AMPA receptors in the synapse: Very little space and even less time Jelena Baranovic Glutamate is by far the most abundant neurotransmitter used by excitatory synapses in the vertebrate central nervous system. Once released into the synaptic cleft, it depolarises the postsynaptic membrane and...

Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID Long COVID primarily presents with persistent cognitive impairment (Cog-LC), imposing a substantial and lasting global burden. Even after the pandemic, there remains a critical global need for diagnostic and...

New insights into how glutamate opens brain cell signaling channels eta: Journal reference: Mondal, A. K., et al. (2025). Glutamate gating of AMPA-subtype iGluRs at physiological temperatures. Nature. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08770-0.

Neocortex saves energy by reducing coding precision during food scarcity Zahid Padamsey, Danai Katsanevaki, Nathalie Dupuy, Nathalie L Rochefort Abstract Information processing is energetically expensive. In the mammalian brain, it is unclear how information coding and energy use are regulated...