Excitatory synapses are located in confined chemical spaces called the dendritic ... and because its target glutamate receptors in the postsynaptic neuron are heavily enriched in specialized ...

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 ...

Transmission of information or signal from one neuron to another requires the establishment of a neuronal synapse: either chemical (neurotransmitters) or electrical (protein channels and ions).