A new study by Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

Neurotransmitter molecules cross the synaptic cleft and bind to receptors known as ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) and G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) on the postsynaptic neuron.

Chemicals called neurotransmitters are created in one brain cell and released into the tiny space between brain cells, called the synaptic cleft. When the neurotransmitter binds to the neuron on ...

It's like a lively dance floor where neurotransmitter molecules groove across the synaptic cleft, a tiny gap between the neurons. These neurotransmitters carry messages, acting as the brain's ...

2009) and reexamined here for structural changes at the synaptic cleft. Briefly, the hippocampus was removed from postnatal 6–8 day old rats and cut at 250 μm thickness with a tissue chopper. Slices ...