Hence, researchers often simulate the brain as a network of coupled neural masses, each described by a mean-field model. These models capture the essential features of neuronal populations while ...
Released glutamate traverses this space by passive diffusion, and because its target glutamate receptors in the postsynaptic neuron are heavily enriched in specialized membrane structures that are ...
When a neuron receives a stimulus, changes in membrane voltage (the electrical charge across the neuron cell membrane) trigger the neuron to activate, causing rapid changes in membrane voltage to ...
4 Action potentials Typically, neurons share information by producing electrical events called action potentials, also known as nerve impulses, which involve rapid changes in voltage across their ...
Forget the traditional tubular shape—researchers are investigating a pearl-on-a-string formation for axons, unlocking new ...
New research details the subcellular structures in neurons that enable signals to be transmitted from where they are received at specific sites on dendrites to the decision-making cell body located ...