Synaptic vesicle pools are a major hidden resting metabolic burden of nerve terminals
Camila Pulido, Timothy A. Ryan
Abstract
The cost of not thinking: unused synapses are metabolically expensive due to persistent activity of a synaptic vesicle proton pump.
Topics & Concepts
Synaptic vesicleVesicleNeuroscienceChemistryBiologyBiochemistryMembraneNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular transport and secretionMitochondrial Function and Pathology