Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections ...

Two reports of electrical synapses between identified inhibitory neurons in the neocortex suggest that many neuron types known to communicate chemically may also be electrically coupled.

The synapse is the gap between two neurons where they connect. Most of the important signal transmission and drug actions occur at the synapse. The myelin sheath is a protective covering composed ...

Neuron Function Synapses Neural synapses are junctions between neurons that permit neural communication. Synapses come in two different forms: chemical and electrical. 2 Chemical synapses communicate ...

A study from VIB-KU Leuven reveals how the interaction between the proteins GPR158 and PLCXD2 regulates synaptic maturation.

Once a signal reaches a synapse, it triggers the release of chemicals (neurotransmitters) into the gap between the two neurons; this gap is called the synaptic cleft. The neurotransmitter diffuses ...

The dentate gyrus is one of only two areas in the brain where new neurons are ... This opens the door to look at how this redistribution of synapses between the old and new neurons helps the dentate ...

These networks of artificial neurons and synapses form the basis of artificial ... neurons" and an output layer providing the results. In between is an intermediate network that can have two main ...

In mammalian brains individual synapses are typically one-to-one, i.e. they form a connection between exactly two neurons. In contrast, insect synapses are typically one-to-many (“polyadic ...

The findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single ... clear behavioral signs of learning over two weeks. Then, to investigate how individual synapses adapt during this process, Wright ...