To Get Images of This Fast-Acting Brain Protein, Scientists Had to Slow It Down

New groundbreaking images of one of the brain’s fastest-acting proteins are providing critical clues that may lead to the development of targeted therapies to treat epilepsy and other brain disorders.

The lightning-fast moves of the brain’s kainate receptor are indispensable for neuron-to-neuron communication but create a quandary for structural biologists trying to capture images of the receptor in action.

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