The brain is an incredibly complex organ, but its billions of neurons have recently been mapped, opening up some fascinating ...

In this model, the neurons in both organoids develop and grow long-ranging processes (axons) that extend to the opposite ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Thus, selective gene expression is a way that intrinsic features of a differentiated neuron ... synapses form on the proximal dendrites of the CA3 neurons, forming the stratum lucidum. Figure 5 ...

“The model ... between neuron connectivity and activity. Results of plasticity simulations were compared to electron microscopy data and a predicted motif effect on synapse strength was ...

Harvard Medical School neuro-oncologist Annie Hsieh treats patients with gliomas—the most common type of brain cancer, ...

This process is driven by synaptic plasticity. Synapses are gaps between neurons that facilitate the transfer of information. When a neuron receives repeated inputs, its synapse undergoes ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed an innovative research model that allowed them to decode the mechanism ...

There are two types of removal: Re-uptake – the neurotransmitter is reabsorbed back into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a vesicle ready to be used again. For example, noradrenaline.

Starting with a simple model of the neuron as an electrical circuit, gradually more details are added to include the effects of neuronal morphology, synapses, ion channels and intracellular signaling.