The synaptic cleft in an electrical synapse is much smaller, making it possible for neurons to pass ion currents directly through gap junctions. For this reason, electrical synapses work faster than ...

Neurons continuously adjust their coordination ... crafted over aeons of natural selection. Future work will be needed to see how these principles might play out in the human brain.

Anticonvulsants used to treat epilepsy work on GABA. And drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease, such as L-DOPA, promote dopamine function. Other Brain Cells (Glia) Although neurons are ...

Every day, our brain makes thousands of decisions, big and small. Any of these decisions—from the least consequential, such ...

Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have identified the specific neurons in mice brains that tell them ...

The improvements over time to performance, Kagan says, are evidence that a small network of neurons is capable of learning a task, provided it’s given ample and specific feedback and cues. Eric Chang, ...

Recent evidence suggests that multiple sclerosis also affects neurons, as cortical atrophy is detected early in the disease, axon transection can occur in inflammatory lesions, and axonal loss is ...

Scientists from the Centre for Neuroscience (CNS), IISc, have now found how neurons work together to control chronic pain in mice, allowing them to cope or suppress the pain. This finding will ...

A new model allows researchers to predict how decision-making changes when specific neural connections are strengthened or ...

Scientists at the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have now found how these neurons work together to control chronic pain in mice, allowing them to cope with or ...