The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

When a neuron “fires,” it sends an electrochemical ... and the junctions at which these structures connect are called synapses. We also know that not all neural connections are equal.

USC researchers developed genetically engineered tools that can selectively and reversibly dismantle excitatory or inhibitory ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections ...

Synapses can be electrical or chemical. In other words, the signal that is carried from the first nerve fiber (presynaptic neuron) to the next (postsynaptic neuron) is transmitted by an electrical ...

Each dendrite on a neuron is covered with tiny bulbous appendages, called dendritic spines, and at the end of each dendritic ...

(Signals sent across excitatory synapses increase the activity of the receiving neuron; signals sent across inhibitory synapses reduce it.) Through its method of action, SPG302 rapidly regenerates ...

Our research investigates how these liquid-like properties contribute to the main function of the neuron in synaptic ...

Gregory Jeffris: Actually, the number of synapses per neuron probably differs by no more than a factor of 10, perhaps partly because fly synapses are smaller than mammalian synapses and because of ...

By integrating and connecting the developed devices, the team also successfully implemented the "neuron-synapse-neuron" structure, the basic unit block of an artificial neural network, in hardware ...