Chemical synapses are biological junctions through which neurons' signals can be sent to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles or glands. Chemical synapses allow neurons to ...

Synapses are subcellular microcompartments that are essential for a digital form of transneuronal communication, mediated by chemical mediators termed neurotransmitters. At excitatory synapses in ...

Synapses come in two different forms: chemical and electrical. 2 Chemical synapses communicate by releasing neurotransmitters—signaling molecules that are stored and released from neurons via synaptic ...

Previously, it was believed that synapses came in very limited sizes and strengths. However, recent research suggests ...

For example, the receptors that respond to chemical signals are generally located at synapses — or points of near contact between adjacent cells. Of the various types of excitable cells that ...