What did Greengard's Nobel Prize-winning research help to explain?
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Neural signal transmission
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Neural signal transmission is the process by which neurons communicate with each other. Greengard's Nobel Prize-winning research helped to explain this process by identifying the role of specific proteins in the transmission of signals between neurons. These proteins, known as neurotransmitters, are released by one neuron and bind to receptors on another neuron, causing a change in the electrical activity of the receiving neuron.
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