Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a ...

In a dish, Martin cultured a single sensory neuron with a bifurcated axon that formed synapses with two separate motor neurons. This preparation allowed Martin to test whether individual synapses ...

2). However, agrin itself is not necessary for the formation of neuron–neuron synapses. This has led to an intensive search for trans-neuronal inducers. Among the candidates are cadherins ...

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

Harvard researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a ...

Central to this activity are synapses, the junctions where branches of neurons connect, similar to electrical wires. Here, an ...

The human brain is made up of billions of neurons that connect precisely through 100 trillion+ specialized junctions called synapses. If a brain is considered a dedicated computer, synapses are the ...

Because of dendritic filtering, distant synapses should have less efficacy than proximal ones. To investigate this, we characterized the amplitude and kinetics of excitatory synaptic input across ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.