A study has shown how aspects of brain function change with age, revealing that excitatory processes in the brain decrease, while inhibitory processes increase as children get older. The findings are ...

Excitatory synapses send signals that encourage the creation of an action potential by the next neuron; inhibitory synapses work against it. Each neuron receives signals from both excitatory and ...

For the first time, the smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped – a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by disease.

Researchers have discovered how the molecular "brake" on vision works, after mapping 44 different visual cells.

However, a series of weak stimuli can combine, increasing the amount of neurotransmitter that is released. This results in enough neurotransmitter being diffused across the synaptic cleft to ...

10 years ago measuring MEG signals in very young children as they move around ... More information: Natalie Rhodes et al, Measuring the neurodevelopmental trajectory of excitatory-inhibitory balance ...

and it is the primary neurotransmitter that inhibits nerve activity and helps regulate the balance between excitatory and inhibitory signals in the brain. Neuroscientific researchers have long ...

Brain function is based on a delicate balance of excitatory processes (which make brain cells fire) and inhibitory processes ... 10 years ago measuring MEG signals in very young children as ...