Synapses are subcellular microcompartments that are essential for a digital form of transneuronal communication, mediated by chemical mediators termed neurotransmitters. At excitatory synapses in ...

They found that these electrical synapses, mediated by a protein called INX-1, connect a specific pair of neurons (AIY neurons) which are responsible for controlling locomotion decisions in the worm.

In a development for artificial intelligence, researchers have unveiled a 28×28 synaptic device array that promises to ...

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 ...

Recalling those new words and definitions more easily with practice is evidence that those neural connections, called ...

Serafini and colleagues provide evidence that neuroligin acts as a trans-neuronal signal to induce presynaptic differentiation at neuron–neuron connections in vitro. To form a synaptic ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn as well as the ...

Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social recognition.

There are as many as 86 billion neurons in the human brain. They make trillions of synaptic connections, with each neuron connecting with other neurons to create a complex network.  It is through ...

However, the study provides limited new insights into the relationship between retinal lamination defects and overall retinal function. Neural lamination is a common feature of the central nervous ...