At a chemical synapse, one neuron releases neurotransmitter molecules into a small space (the synaptic cleft) that is adjacent to another neuron. The neurotransmitters are contained within small sacs ...

Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical spaces ... tens to a few hundreds of synaptic vesicles filled with the neurotransmitter glutamate. Each time a terminal receives an electrical ...

Rapid information transfer between neurons occurs through the chemical synapse, where regulated exocytosis of neurotransmitter-containing synaptic vesicles from the pre-synaptic plasma membrane ...

Transmission of information or signal from one neuron to another requires the establishment of a neuronal synapse: either ...

Our memories and thoughts stem from complex patterns of electrical and chemical ... specific synapses strengthen, enabling us ...

Our long-term goal is to construct a dynamic molecular and architectural map for the chemical synapse that will help to understand synaptic formation, transmission and plasticity ...

Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent continuous stimulation of postsynaptic neurons. There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the ...

Tau aggregates appear inside synapses from human brain samples with Aβ pathology. The method can be adapted to study other synaptic proteins. As reported in Cell Chemical Biology on January 23, first ...