Each neuron has only a single axon that extends from the soma, and acts similar to an electrical wire. Each axon will terminate with terminal fibers, forming synapses with as many as 1,000 other ...

Synaptic transmission: Not a one-way street Date: May 19, 2021 Source: Institute of Science and Technology Austria Summary: When neuroscientists analyzed the exact properties of nerve connections ...

An international group of scientists led by Ádám Dénes, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary, reported that the soma of neurons in both humans and mice is dotted with docking areas ...

Vesicular GABA Uptake Can Be Rate Limiting for Recovery of IPSCs from Synaptic Depression. Cell Reports, 2018; 22 (12): 3134 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.080 ...

Calcium flows into neurons when they are electrically active, so this measurement allowed the researchers to compare the activity of dendrites and soma of the same neuron.

Team member Martin Hruska ’s experiments revealed that as spines increase in size, they add modular units of synaptic proteins, dubbed nanomodules. “This result suggests that changes in synaptic ...