Synapses, the connections between neurons, come in different flavors, depending on the chemical they use as transmitter. The type of synapses that use a signal transmitter called GABA stand out ...

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BOSTON (June 16, 2008) — Rapid information processing in the nervous system requires synapses, specialized contact sites between nerve cells and their targets. One particular synapse type, cholinergic ...

A BASIC step in the functioning of chemically operating synapses is the effect of the transmitter substance on the postsynaptic membrane. Although in some synapses the transmitter acts on ion “pumping ...

Synapses, the connections between neurons, come in different flavors, depending on the chemical they use as transmitter. Signal transmitters, or neurotransmitters, are released at the synapse after ...