A Master Regulator in the Brain :The Scientist [2006-10-01]


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A Master Regulator in the Brain In the early 1980s, a search for brain proteins that might be involved in communication between nerve cells turned up a 32-kilodalton protein-kinase substrate with some remarkable properties. Our group had been working under the assumption that the signaling pathways that regulate synaptic transmission might resemble the signaling pathways working elsewhere in the body, particularly the