Revealing the fundamental principles of how neural circuits are organized and operate is a key challenge in neuroscience. In the past 60 years, intensive effort has been invested in characterizing the ...

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 the ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...