This level of deconstruction of the chemical nature of the synapses now provides us with an unprecedented window of opportunity to address a fundamental desire of a synaptologist: can we sneak ...

An electrical impulse cannot directly cross the gap so a different mechanism has to be used. Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent ...

However, a series of weak stimuli can combine, increasing the amount of neurotransmitter that is released. This results in enough neurotransmitter being diffused across the synaptic cleft to ...

Rapid information transfer between neurons occurs through the chemical synapse, where regulated exocytosis ... which focuses on the cell biology of a number of ligand- and voltage-gated ion ...

In addition to noting the similarities in synapse strength within these pairs, which translates to a high level of precision of plasticity, the team also measured the amount of information held in ...

By studying the synapses through which pyramidal neurons in the brain's sensory cortex communicate, they have learned how the cells preserve their understanding of some of the world's most ...