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Chapter 5 - Synaptic Transmission

from Section 1 - Basic and Computational Neuroscience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

By
Katrina Hon ,
Farhana Akter  and
Nigel Emptage
Edited by
Farhana Akter ,
Nigel Emptage ,
Florian Engert  and
Mitchel S. Berger
Farhana Akter
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Nigel Emptage
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Florian Engert
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Mitchel S. Berger
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Summary

There are in the order of 86 billion neurons within a human brain. Communication between these neurons is achieved at highly specialized junctions called synapses. Synapses can be chemical or electrical.

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Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 84 - 98
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Anderson, P, Morris, R, Amaral, D, Bliss, T, O’Keefe, J. The Hippocampus. Oxford University Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Cowan, M, Cowan, WM, Sudhof, T. Synapses. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Mtui, E, Gruener, G, Dockery, P. Fitzgerald’s Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience. Elsevier, 2015.Google Scholar

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