[3S08a] Mechano-neurobiology ~ Those who rule the force would rule the brain~

[3S08a-04] Mechanical actions of dendritic-spine enlargement and the discovery of the PREST mechanism in the presynaptic terminals in the CNS.

*Hasan Ucar^1,2, Satoshi Watanabe^1,3, Jun Noguchi^1,3, Sho Yagishita^1,2, Noriko Takahashi^1,4, Haruo Kasai^1,2 (1. Laboratory of Structural Physiology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 2. International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, 3. Department of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4. Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine)

Keywords:PREST (pressure sensation and transduction), glutamate release, synaptic plasticity, presynaptic terminal