Powerful chemical biological techniques have now been developed to decipher the dynamic stability of the synapses and to further interrogate the complex properties of neuronal circuits.

Once these molecules cross the synapse, the chemical signal is translated back to an electrical signal that continues toward the next neuron.

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Nerve cells, or neurons, are the basic functional units of the nervous system. Multiple interconnected neurons form a neural circuit and ...

Each message, passed encoded in a packet of chemical neurotransmitters, triggers a tiny electrical response at the synapse—a ...

Serafini and colleagues provide evidence that neuroligin acts as a trans-neuronal signal to induce presynaptic differentiation at neuron–neuron connections in vitro. To form a synaptic ...

The synapse, a highly ordered and dynamic subcellular system, maintains autonomy, organization, and high-fidelity neurotransmission without a bounding membrane.

Associate Professor Mario Lanza and his team demonstrated a groundbreaking silicon transistor that mimics neural and synaptic behaviours, marking a significant breakthrough in neuromorphic computing.

An electrical impulse cannot directly cross the gap so a different mechanism has to be used. Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent ...

The brain dynamically adapts its function in response to changes in the internal and external environment. Reorganization of neural circuits and synaptic connections between neurons are the key ...

Once these molecules cross the synapse, the chemical signal is translated back to an electrical signal that continues toward the next neuron.