Synapses are subcellular microcompartments that ... and because its target glutamate receptors in the postsynaptic neuron are heavily enriched in specialized membrane structures that are directly ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

In the 1980s, researchers began searching for a marker that could function as a transneuronal tracer. They needed something that could hop across synapses, spreading from neuron to neuron efficiently ...