Spiny protrusions along the dendrites form the synapses that connect pyramidal neurons to other cells. Yaeger's experiments showed that connections from the dLGN all led to a defined region of the ...

The study suggests that mutations in the Usp9X gene could be a potential cause of autism. These mutations disrupt the ...

Synapses are subcellular microcompartments ... Do topologically organized chemical gradients exist inside dendrites, and do they play a significant role in modulating synaptic information processing?

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

It seems likely that multiple signaling pathways, some involving kinases, function cooperatively to define precise sites of synapse formation between axons and dendrites, and to determine ...

which does not occur on immature dendrites until after postnatal day 21. Thus, hippocampal synapses have unequal and sometimes opposite responses to plasticity-inducing activity depending on age and ...

A breakthrough study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of ...

The nucleus where the genes that modify neuron function are controlled is a long distance away from where neurons receive input from their synapses, which are located in distant dendrites that ...

The nucleus where the genes that modify neuron function are controlled is a long distance away from where neurons receive input from their synapses, which are located in distant dendrites that ...