Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have succeeded in showing, in an animal model, that the process of ...

Firstly, we construct a small-scale network with neurons interconnected by electrical synapses in addition to chemical synapses. Basic properties of this small-scale neural network in processing ...

Supported by grants from Région des Pays de la Loire (project “EryCan,” Biogenouest), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-15-CE17-0021-04 “GenRED,” ANR-20-CE14-0043-01 “SplicHypoxia ...

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 ...

Synapses are the junctions between neurons in the brain, where information is conveyed from one neuron to the next through chemical neurotransmitters encased in synaptic vesicles. These vesicles ...

This axon is separated from the axon of the next nerve cell in the communication chain by a gap called a synapse. When this electrical impulse reaches the end of an axon, the neuron releases ...

Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture where neurons communicate with each other through an exchange of chemical signals. These nanometer ...