Author(s): Caspari OD; Garrido C; Law CO; Choquet Y; Wollman FA; Lafontaine I;

We asked what peptide features govern targeting to the mitochondria versus the chloroplast using antimicrobial peptides as a starting point. This approach was inspired by the endosymbiotic hypothesis that organelle-targeting peptides derive from antimicrobial amphipathic peptides delivered by the host cell, to which organelle progenitors became resistant. ...

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Author(s): Xiao Y; Peters TM; Khan AR;

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by a range of motor and nonmotor symptoms, often with the motor dysfunction initiated unilaterally. Knowledge regarding disease-related alterations in white matter pathways can effectively help improve the understanding of the disease and propose targeted treatm ...

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Author(s): Tremblay SA; Jäger AT; Huck J; Giacosa C; Beram S; Schneider U; Grahl S; Villringer A; Tardif CL; Bazin PL; Steele CJ; Gauthier CJ;

Efficient neural transmission is crucial for optimal brain function, yet the plastic potential of white matter (WM) has long been overlooked. Growing evidence now shows that modifications to axons and myelin occur not only as a result of long-term learning, but also after short training periods. ...

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Author(s): Elmer S; Hänggi J; Vaquero L; Cadena GO; François C; Rodríguez-Fornells A;

Due to the high linguistic and cognitive demands placed on real-time language translation, professional simultaneous interpreters (SIs) have previously been proposed to serve as a reasonable model for evaluating experience-dependent brain properties. However, currently it is still unknown whether intensive language training during adulthood might be refle ...

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