Comb jellies, like this warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi), appear to have fused nervous systems, raising questions about their evolution. (Image credit: Andrey Nekrasov/Getty Images ...

To crack this complex system, O'Connor-Giles studies a particular type of synapse in fruit flies, known as the neuromuscular junction, which is relatively easy to examine and closely resembles the ...

Synapses are involved in cell communication, learning, and memory. Next, the researchers looked to see if any of the synapse genes were present in the sponge.

More information: Hai Huang et al. Glutamate signaling at cytoneme synapses, Science (2019). DOI: 10.1126/science.aat5053 Journal information:Science Provided by University of California, San ...

"It is likely that this process occurs all over the nervous system. If you're going to repair or regenerate nerves in, for example, spinal cord injury you need to know how to form synapses for the ...

The human nervous system is made up of over 100 trillion synapses, structures that allow neurons to pass electrical and chemical signals to one another. In mammals, these synapses can initiate and ...

Contextual fear conditioning regulates synapse-related gene transcription in mouse microglia. Brain Research Bulletin, 2022; 189: 57 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.08.017 ...

Further along the nervous system, excitatory responses cause muscles to contract and inhibitory ones cause muscles to relax. The new artificial synapses allow similar functions in computer systems.