Nerve cells, or neurons, are the basic functional units of the ... making it possible for neurons to pass ion currents directly through gap junctions. For this reason, electrical synapses work faster ...

An electrical impulse cannot directly cross the gap so a different mechanism has ... to prevent continuous stimulation of postsynaptic neurons. There are two types of removal: Re-uptake ...

Central to this activity are synapses, the junctions where branches of neurons connect, similar to electrical wires. Here, an ...

Gap junctions facilitate the exchange of solutes, metabolic precursors and electrical currents between neighbouring cells. They appear as clusters (or plaques) of tightly packed particles ...