Synaptic transmission is the biological process by which a neuron communicates with a target cell across a synapse. Chemical synaptic transmission involves the release of a neurotransmitter from ...

Electrophysiological studies, as well as light, fluorescence and electron microscopy approaches, have advanced our understanding of the functional and morphological characteristics of synaptic ...

In the process, they genetically modified rats ... while long-term depression of synaptic transmission reduces the activity of certain synapses in the hippocampus. This makes it possible to ...

This process largely depends on synapses ... as opposed to the primary function of synaptic transmission, likely contributing to disease progression. A pioneering protocol for human postmortem ...