Open AccessSunlight Brightens Learning and Memory
Author(s) -
Lynne Chantranupong,
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.044
Subject(s) - biology , sunlight , mood , neuroscience , glutamate receptor , cognition , cognitive psychology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , psychology , physics , receptor , astronomy , psychiatry
Sunlight can alter mood, behavior, and cognition, but the cellular basis of this phenomenon remains to be fully elucidated. In this issue of Cell, Zhu et al. shed light on a UV-dependent metabolic pathway that leads to increased synaptic release of glutamate and enhanced motor learning and memory in mice.
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