Two reports of electrical synapses between identified inhibitory neurons in the neocortex suggest that many neuron types known to communicate chemically may also be electrically coupled.
He said neuroscience researchers have long hypothesized that these synapses might form because of a release of GABA and the corresponding sensing activity between two neurons in proximity.
Synapses—critical connections between neurons of the cerebral cortex ... In their latest study, the team tested the involvement of two genes, SRGAP2B and SRGAP2C, which are unique to humans.
These mechanisms, known as Hebbian plasticity, suggest that if two connected neurons are both active within a hundredth of a second, then the connection between ... at single synapses, a property ...
These mechanisms, known as Hebbian plasticity, suggest that if two connected neurons are both active within a hundredth of a second, then the connection between the two neurons is strengthened ... The ...
A connectome is a complete map of the neural connections in a brain. It allows for the visualization of the organization of neurons and their synapses, which are the communication points between them.