The scientists observe that increased inhibitory signals cause this transition. While excitatory and inhibitory signals shape the early developing brain, the inhibitory signals appear later than ...

These chemical messengers are what gets signals across from one neuron ... Part of what makes excitatory and inhibitory neurons different from each other is that they express different types ...

Neurons come in two main “flavors,” excitatory and inhibitory. When an excitatory neuron receives enough input from other excitatory neurons, it fires, passing that signal along its axon to partners ...

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological ...

Environmental factors like stress and medication exposure during pregnancy can shape brain development, but the mechanisms ...

Cation-chloride cotransporters (CCCs) play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of excitatory and inhibitory signals in the brain, which is essential for proper central nervous system (CNS ...

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 ...

Alcohol suppresses excitatory signals while enhancing gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. When GABA receptors are stimulated, they reduce neuron firing, ...

Arianna Maffei in her lab viewing a slice of brain that shows the mark of the infusion in the gustatory cortex (identified by the red and yellow). This is one of the images which helped the ...