Essays on biochemistry Page 3

Neural transmission is the process an electrical charge undergoes as it travels from the dendrites of a neuron to the terminal end of it’s axon. Once the electrical charge reaches the terminal end of the axon, neurotransmitters are released into the synapse, allowing them to bind with dendrites of the receiving neuron. The process starts…

Introduction The Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a rare, genetically inherited disorder first described by Michael Lesch and Willian Nyhan in 1964 (Nyhan et al., 2007). It affects males, and is present immediately after the child is born. The prevalence of the disease is of about 1/100,000 of live births worldwide, with around 1/380,000 in Canada and in…

Introduction to Golgi Apparatus Discovered by “Camillo Golgi” in 1898 during investigation of nervous system. Works as an independent organelle. Golgi apparatus is present in eukaryotic cells as one or more groups of flattened, membrane-bounded compartments or sacs. Golgi apparatus is responsible for the processing and packaging of protein and lipids. The cisternae stack has…