Exploring synapses with a gigantic advantage
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 12:10
in Biology & Nature
How does memory occur? And what about movement, or thinking? One key element to understand all these brain functions are the synapses. A synapse is the contact point between two neurons, where a signal is transmitted one-way, from one neuron to another. Now scientists report that they have created giant neural connections in culture for the first time, allowing for new ways to study them.