In a paper in the June 5 issue of Neuron, researchers in the Cell Signal Unit and colleagues identified the mechanism behind how synapses assemble in cortico-basal ganglia circuits.
Prof. Hirotaka Sugawara, Distinguished Professor and Special Advisor to the OIST President was awarded on May 13 the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Government of Japan.
The 6th meeting of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University’s (OIST) Board of Governors (BOG) took place on 9 and 10 May on the OIST campus. The University’s advisory body, the Board of Councilors, met on the same dates.
In a paper published in Current Biology, Professor Ichiro Maruyama and colleagues have uncovered the mechanisms behind how an organism senses alkalinity in its environment.
Professor Gordon Arbuthnott's understanding of dopamine's complex nature has come a long way since he was first introduced to the neurotransmitter in the 1960s.