Within a cell, microtubules span from the nucleus to the cell membrane, and the motor protein kinesin “walks” along them, carrying cargo from one area of the cell to another. However, this system can ...

Goldstein and his colleagues studied the role of amyloid precursor protein (APP), which gives rise to the abnormal amyloid clumps. Using mouse neurons as a model, the scientists showed that APP serves ...

Storing and processing memories uses nanoscopic motor proteins called kinesin that move materials around within neurons to construct the structural code of memory. These nanoscopic workers “walk ...