Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NeuroTrans (NEUROtransmitter TRANSporters: from single molecules to human pathologies)

Neurons use electrical signals called action potentials to propagate information along axons and dendrites. In 1936 Otto Loewi received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery that small molecules (neurotransmitters) are used for inter-neuronal communication. Neuronal...