Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

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

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

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 ...

These networks of artificial neurons and synapses form the basis of artificial intelligence. They can be emulated in two ways ... The connection point between a neuron emitting a (the presynaptic ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The junction between two neurons, called a synapse, and the chemistry that takes place between synapses, in the space called the synaptic cleft, are responsible for learning and memory.

Chemical transmission at a synapse between two neurons is a core step for information processing in neural networks (Figure 1). To reveal the information processing in the brain, which consists of ...

They are designed to transmit information to other cells, enabling the body to function. The junction between two neurons, called a synapse, and the chemistry that takes place between synapses, in the ...