The receptors of neurotransmitters move very rapidly. This mobility plays an essential, and hitherto unsuspected, role in the passage of nerve impulses from one neuron to another, thus controlling the ...

The neocortex is the part of the brain that humans use to process sensory impressions, store memories, give instructions to the muscles, and plan for the future. These computational processes are ...

There are two main modalities of synaptic transmission: chemical and electrical. Although chemical synapses are perceived to be structurally more complex and functionally dynamic than electrical ...