The receiving cell responds with a measurable electrical signal. Differences in signal transmission Nevertheless, there are significant differences between regions of the brain that can affect signal ...

Nerve cells communicate with one another via synapses. Neuroscientists at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have now found that these connections seem to be much more powerful than previously ...

Schematic representation of axonal transport vesicles (blue) carrying presynaptic proteins (SV and AZ proteins). Kinesin motor proteins (KIF1A) attach these vesicles and carry them along the axons to ...

Processing of sensory impressions and information depends very much on how the synapses in our brain work. A team has now shown how lipid and protein regulation impact brain's processing of a ...

Several neuropsychiatric disorders are characterized by too many or too few synapses in key brain circuits. Now, a new machine learning algorithm should help advance studies of these diseases by ...

When an electrical signal arrives at the presynaptic terminal, neurotransmitters are released from vesicles into the gap between neurons. The neurotransmitters then trigger an electrical signal in the ...