The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 ... meet and transmit signals between neurons are called synapses. There are two main ways that neurons communicate across ...

Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical ... and because its target glutamate receptors in the postsynaptic neuron are heavily enriched in specialized membrane structures that are ...

Our research investigates how these liquid-like properties contribute to the main function of the neuron in synaptic signaling. The synapse, a highly ordered and dynamic subcellular system ...