A typical active synapse has both of these types of receptors, which bind the neurotransmitter glutamate. NMDA receptors normally require cooperation with AMPA receptors to pass signals because ...

In the present study, the researchers answered a fundamental question: What are the specific proteomes that define the many different types of brain synapses? Scientists have long known that there are ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

However, unlike chemical synapses, they are bidirectional — information can flow in either direction. Neurons are one of the most fascinating types of cell in the human body. They are essential ...

in which specific synapses are altered to reshape neural activity and support behavioral change. Neurons, unlike most other cell types, are characterized by their intricate, tree-like dendritic ...

The team looked for the typical signs of a silent synapse: the presence of a type of receptor called NMDA and the absence of others, known as AMPA receptors. Both of these types of receptors ...

The JHU researchers fine-tuned a computer program for this exact application in order to determine cell and synapse types, patterns within the brain connections, and to chart some function onto ...

For the new study, the researchers investigated a specific type of connection between neuronal cells, called electrical synapses, which differs from the more widely studied chemical synapses. They ...

Scientists at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have discovered a new kind of synapse in the tiny hairs on the surface of neurons. The commonly overlooked protrusions called primary cilia contain special ...