In the extreme case, a very strong input will always make the postsynaptic neuron fire, whereas a very weak input will have no effect. The authors developed a compression algorithm that allowed ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

This results in enough neurotransmitter being diffused across the synaptic cleft to trigger the impulse in the postsynaptic neuron. This process is called summation.

Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent continuous stimulation of postsynaptic ... into the presynaptic neuron and restored inside a ...

Neuron-glia coculture stained for neuronal Map2 (blue) and pre- and postsynaptic proteins vGlut1 (green) and Homer (red) respectively. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...