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 ...

Our discovery addresses a long-standing debate about the brain: do neurons act like star players ... according to a fractal hierarchy. Cells work together to build larger, coordinated networks ...

Although neurons are considered the basic units of the brain and nervous system, they do not do all the work. Glia are a non-neuronal category of cells that do not transmit electrical signals but ...

Researchers analysed mice's D1 and D2 neurons to understand how they code and respond to appetitive and aversive stimuli. The study revealed that, contrary to what was initially thought, these neurons ...

At the lowest level, the neurons work together as rather simple computing units. An artificial neural network typically consists of several layers composed of individual neurons. An input signal ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

When they failed to do so, they were given an unpredictable stimulus that was longer and more intense, resulting in disruption to the culture. The neurons soon learned to ... Research in New York who ...

both types of neurons are activated and work together, but they do so differently. When associations change, such as when a negative stimulus no longer has an unpleasant consequence, the D2 neurons ...

Researchers identified how a brain circuit involving dopamine and GLP-1 receptor impact palatability and hedonic eating.

"The brain continuously receives and integrates sensory inputs, and neurons do not act in isolation—they ... as a physical quantity." This recent work by Barzon, Busiello and Nicoletti could ...