Presynaptic NMDA receptors can shape timing-dependent long-term depression in a way that departs from their classic postsynaptic role.

Presynaptic NMDA receptors are emerging as key modulators of synaptic transmission, and their activation is usually believed to be by the 'spillover' of presynaptically released glutamate.

has emerged to be key for presynaptic and postsynaptic communication 56. In addition, WNTs function both in an anterograde and probably an autocrine fashion in motor neurons to regulate the ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be the brain’s housekeepers, may actually be silent powerhouses of memory.

Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

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

In the concept of the “tripartite synapse,” astrocytes form close physical and functional associations with presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons. These cells express receptors that detect ...

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

This enzyme degrades monoamine neurotransmitters after their reabsorption into the presynaptic neuron ... that prevents overstimulation of postsynaptic receptors. Neurotransmission can be enhanced ...