Experimental and theoretical analysis of single active zone function (C08*)

• Subject Area: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells ; Biophysics ; Experimental and Theoretical Network Neuroscience
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 317475864

An understanding of synaptic transmission requires precise knowledge on the series of events coupling the depolarization-induced activation of the synapse to synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Several aspects of presynaptic function are difficult to study in the preparations used prevalently in this SFB, such as synaptosomes and hippocampal cultures. We will address this problem by studying rod photoreceptors, using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1286: Quantitative Synaptology
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Tobias Moser