To travel from the axon of one neuron to the dendrite of another neuron, a signal must cross the gap between neurons (the synapse), where it is translated from an electrical signal to a chemical ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but set in stone; how we think, feel, reason, and understand the world changes ...

They needed something that could hop across synapses, spreading from neuron to neuron efficiently enough to reach ... Then, after proliferating in these “starter” cells, the virus would only cross one ...

2). However, agrin itself is not necessary for the formation of neuron–neuron synapses. This has led to an intensive search for trans-neuronal inducers. Among the candidates are cadherins ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

In the antennae of Drosophila melanogaster, olfactory neurons are bundled into fluid-filled hairs called sensilla. Each sensillum contains two to four neurons, which are all tuned to different smells ...

An electrical impulse cannot directly cross the gap so a different mechanism ... is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again.

This could involve either the modulation of AMPARs at the synapse or the rapid recruitment ... have been shown to move rapidly around the neuron so as to alter the number and composition of ...

We specifically focus on the role of microglia and astrocytes in reorganization of synapses and neural circuits. We aim to reveal the underlying mechanisms by which the brain adapts to its environment ...

Each neuron receives signals from both excitatory and inhibitory synapses. The interconnections between neurons allow for the formation of highly complex information-processing networks.