Dictionary of Biological Psychology
see skull calpain Though referred to singly, strictly this refers not to a single ENZYME but a family of enzymes (the calpains), all activated by CALCIUM and involved in PROTEOLYSIS within CELLS.
The actions of calpain have been implicated in many processes to do with changing the structure of SYNAPSE following such diverse events as ISCHAEMIA and LONG TERM POTENTIATION; see FODRIN.
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