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Targeting ‘hidden pocket’ for treatment of stroke and seizure

January 18, 2019

Researchers have identified a hidden molecular “pocket” in a special neuron receptor, which could lead to better treatments for stroke and seizures.

Austin’s Purpose donates $10k to neuroscience research

January 18, 2019

Epilepsy research-supporting organization Austin’s Purpose makes a donation to continue key neuroscience research in Professor Hiro Furukawa’s lab.

How key brain receptor works in hostile conditions

May 9, 2018

A structural variation enables a key brain receptor to function in a hostile environment

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

April 27, 2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field

Can we understand memories at the molecular level?

March 13, 2017

Memories may seem intangible, but many scientists are working to figure out how they are physically stored in the brain. To achieve this, we’ll need.

New art supplies for visualizing tiny machines in the brain

March 1, 2017

An unusual, but beautiful sight can be found among the figures of a recent scientific paper about some of the tiny machines in our brain: watercolor.

Austin’s Purpose raises $10,000 for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Neuroscience

January 4, 2017

Austin’s Purpose presented CSHL Hiro Furukawa with a donation to continue NMDA research.

Detailed images of NMDA receptor show how zinc and a potential drug affect its function

December 1, 2016

Drugs precisely targeting portions of the NMDA receptor may have applications in Alzheimer’s, depression and schizophrenia.

First structural views of the NMDA receptor in action will aid drug development

May 2, 2016

Structural biologists obtained snapshots of the activation of an important type of brain-cell receptor.

Scientific inspiration with third-year student Annabel Romero Hernandez

September 1, 2015

Graduate student Annabel Romero Hernandez spent 244 days portraying the world around her on a very small scale.

Unprecedented detail of intact neuronal receptor offers blueprint for drug developers

May 29, 2014

NMDA receptor malfunction is implicated in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, schizophrenia, autism, and stroke

Unprecedented structural insights reveal how NMDA receptors can be blocked, to limit neurotoxicity

January 22, 2014

Structural biologists have obtained important scientific results likely to advance efforts to develop new drugs targeting NMDA receptors in the brain

Israel and Lavine select CSHL to announce initiative to make NY center of Alzheimer’s research

June 20, 2013

Congressman Israel and Assemblyman Lavine select Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to announce initiative to make NY the center of Alzheimer's research

One experiment: Capturing a drug in its binding pocket

June 1, 2013

Erkan Karakas, a post-doc in Hiro Furukawa's lab, finds an elusive binding pocket that could help in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

CSHL structural biologists reveal novel drug binding site in NMDA receptor subunit

June 16, 2011

Researchers create detailed blueprint of the allosteric site where phenylethanolamines bind to the receptor for future neurological treatments

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