New research reveals how electrical synapses filter sensory input, helping animals choose actions based on context.

Synaptic configurations play a key role in how the nervous system processes sensory information to generate behavioral ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make ...

Chemical synapses are not the only type of biological synapse: electrical and immunological synapses also exist. Without a qualifier, however, "synapse" commonly refers to chemical synapse.

To travel from the axon of one neuron to the dendrite of another neuron, a signal must cross the gap between neurons (the synapse), where it is translated from an electrical signal to a chemical ...