The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but ...

For a nerve signal to travel across the synapse between two neurons, the axon terminal of the first neuron – the presynaptic neuron – must release chemicals called neurotransmitters into the synaptic ...

The Central California bankruptcy court handling the bankruptcy of Synapse, a defunct middleware provider, has granted a motion for a claimant to examine Evolve Bank & Trust, one of Synapse's partner ...

Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

Synaptic transmission is the biological process by which a neuron communicates with a target cell across a synapse. Chemical synaptic transmission involves the release of a neurotransmitter from ...

Genetic variants Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial clefts, can be caused by genetic mutations, but in many cases, there is no known genetic cause. "The mechanism for the ...

Biologists have discovered that disruptions in transfer RNA function can lead to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects ...