Sentences with phrase «synapse between»

Some of the painted imagery, which is often repeated and presented in a square snap - shot format, reads like transient thoughts or obsessions, a snippet of the synapse between art and life.

Magnesium hangs out in the synapse between two neurons along with calcium and glutamate.

The synapse between a neuron and a muscle — the neuromuscular junction — of a fruit fly larva turns out to be a good model for studying how the nervous system works in general, which can be applied to other organisms, including humans.

They homed in on astrocytes, a type of brain cell that clears the signaling molecule glutamate out of the way after it has performed its job of delivering a message across a synapse between two nerve cells.

Firing may trigger connected neurons to fire, too, depending on the weight of the synapse between them.

As more and more neurotransmitters are passed across a synapse between two neurons in the brain, the connection between the two neurons becomes stronger and this forms the basis of how we learn and memorise things.

Next, the team added an electrical synapse between two neurons normally joined by a chemical link.

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Nowhere in the paperwork related to the grant — including emails between the state and Synapse — does Stirpe's name appear, according to a review by The Post-Standard.

He showed that short - term memory involves increased levels of neurotransmitters at the synapses, the communication sites between nerve cells and long - term memory requires changes in the levels of proteins in the synapse.

The space between the layers was said to represent the synapse.

There he studied the synapse, the gap between neurons, which are considered the cellular site of memory storage.

The emerging pathway is likely a problem that occurs at the synapse, the point of contact between neurons, Zoghbi says.

Eroglu's earlier work has shown that thrombospondins are released by brain cells called astrocytes and boost new synapse formation between neurons in the brain.

The newly discovered Merkel cell - nerve ending synapse is unique, Gu says, «because it is the only example of a synapse formed between a non-neuronal cell and a nerve cell, and it is the first synapse that is found underneath the skin.»

A synapse is a connection or switch between two brain cells.

In the 19th century, the pioneering neuroanatomist Santiago Ramón y Cajal theorized that information was processed in our heads each time an electrical impulse traveled across a synapse, the gap between one nerve cell and the next.

This could lead to interactions between neurons not connected by a synapse, or even between neurons that do not actually contact each other.

The idea that the balance between excitatory and inhibitory inputs depends on astrocyte signals gains strong support with this new study and suggests a pivotal role for astrocytes in the development of neurological disorders involving impaired inhibitory synapse transmission.

There he investigated amino acid transporters, proteins that ferry signals across the synapse, the gap between nerve cells.

Normally the dopamine transporter «sweeps up» excess dopamine from the synapse or gap between nerve cells.

«Synapse discovery could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Scientists have discovered how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.»

The design was specific to that of a biological synapse — a small gap that exists between adjoining neurons over which chemical and electrical signals are passed.

When data are fed into the network, setting off a cascade of firing activity, the algorithm determines based on the firing patterns whether to increase or decrease the weight of the connection, or synapse, between each pair of neurons.

The thin - film transistor (TFT) has been designed to replicate the junction between two neurons, known as a biological synapse, and could become a key component in the development of artificial neural networks, which could be utilised in a range of fields from robotics to computer processing.

Astrocytes are responsible, for example, for the energy production of the brain, ion and pH balance, and they regulate synapse formation, the connections between neurons.

The study also shows that a mutation in otoferlin weakens the binding between the protein and a calcium synapse in the ear, and deficiencies in that interaction might be at the root of hearing loss related to otoferlin.

The mutation, which has been found in people with ADHD, autism and bipolar disorder, affects the function of DAT, a protein that regulates the brain's supply of the neurotransmitter by removing excess dopamine from the synapse, or the space between nerve cells.

A synapse has three components: a pre-synaptic terminal contributed by the sending neuron, a post-synaptic receptive component contributed by the receiving cell and a synaptic cleft — the space between the pre - and post-synaptic components.

Abraham Kupfer describes the three - dimensional structure of supramolecular activation clusters (SMACs), the interface between an antigen presenting cell and a lymphocyte (including key molecules the T cell receptor and the major histocompatibility complex), [i] later coined the immunological synapse and further elucidated by Arash Grakoui, Michael Dustin, Paul Allen, and Andrey Shaw.

Researchers have constructed a new detailed map of the three - dimensional terrain of a synapse — the junction between neurons which are critical for communication in the brain and nervous system.

A synapse is like a dock between nerve cells.

Interactions between intercellular adhesion molecule - 5 (ICAM - 5) and ß1 integrins regulate neuronal synapse formation.

Publishing on December 1st in Neuron, researchers used fruit fly larvae to uncover the presence of a molecular pathway that responds to nutrient scarcity and lowers synapse activity at the junctions between neurons and muscle cells.

Within your body, the way magnesium works is it sits in between two neurons in what's called the synapse, which is the gap between two neurons within your body.

Just like the Sport on the road, it does feel like there's not quite the same thrillingly instant synapse response between the steering wheel rim and the front tyres, but the steering is accurate nonetheless.

Oh, and if you do find the fan noisy... or if you think it should be noisier (because the laptop gets too hot during use), you can toggle between low and high fan speeds in the Razer Synapse utility that comes pre-loaded on the computer.

Synapse also has a power control option that lets you choose between a «balanced» performance mode and a «battery saver» mode that disables the keyboard and adjusts other power settings for longer battery life.

New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter quoted Dr. Elizabeth A. Stanton, a senior economist at Synapse, in his recent discussion on the tension between economic development and efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America.

On a performance level, Lancehead owners can jump into Synapse and switch the polling rate between three levels: 125Hz, 500Hz, and 1,000 Hz.

Swapping between the various EQ presets included in Razer's Synapse software can make a huge difference.

The whole system will work without the need to install Razer's Synapse software, but if installed, you'll be able to control the lighting, DPI, and assign different profiles that you can switch between using a small button on the side of the mouse.

Two buttons just below the scroll wheel allow you to adjust the DPI level between five presets on the fly, with Razer Synapse supporting as low as 100 DPI and any level above that in 50 or 100 DPI increments.

Switching between onboard profiles (using a small button on the underside of the mouse) should be a simple and intuitive process, as should programming them on Razer's new Synapse Pro software.

It would have been nice to see some presets for game types or big titles included — as it is, it can take some too and fro, switching between your game and the Razer Synapse settings, to get things configured perfectly.

In Synapse you can make the mouse wheel, Razer logo, and edge lighting strip as fanciful or as stoic as you like, choosing between a handful of effects or creating your own in the Chroma section.

They're also useful to flip between different profiles, although Razer's Synapse software supports automatic profiles tied to specific games.

Although Lenovo also produces a Y Gaming headset, there is no connectivity between the two devices, which puts Lenovo at a disadvantage compared with software like the Razer Synapse 2.0, the Logitech Gaming Software and the Roccat Swarm.

A moment, in which the eyes meet, the breath is deep, and the understanding between the two is like the space between two communicating neurons: the synapse.