Synaptic vesicle exocytosis is the biological process by which a synaptic vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane of the pre-synaptic axon terminal and releases its contents into the synaptic cleft ...

After diffusing across the synaptic cleft, transmitter molecules interact with receptor sites on the postsynaptic membrane and cause the conductance for certain ions to increase; meanwhile, the ...

News & Views Published: June 2001 The diversity of synaptic plasticity P. F. Chapman Nature Neuroscience 4, 556–558 (2001) Cite this article ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...