Synapses come in two different forms: chemical and electrical. 2 Chemical synapses communicate by releasing neurotransmitters—signaling molecules that are stored and released from neurons via synaptic ...

Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical spaces called the dendritic ... Each time a terminal receives an electrical impulse from the cell soma, within one to a few milliseconds ...

For the new study, the researchers investigated a specific type of connection between neuronal cells, called electrical synapses, which differs from the more widely studied chemical synapses.

To travel from the axon of one neuron to the dendrite of another neuron, a signal must cross the gap between neurons (the synapse), where it is translated from an electrical signal to a chemical ...

Our memories and thoughts stem from complex patterns of electrical and chemical activity in the brain. Central to this activity are synapses, the junctions where branches of neurons connect ...

Skeletal muscle cells also rely on chemical signals in order to generate electrical signals. These cells have synapses that are packed with receptors for acetylcholine, which is the primary ...

The laboratory of Ege Kavalali, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, published a paper in Nature ...