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Chemical synapses may be slower, but they can transmit a message without any loss in signal strength. Very small presynaptic neurons are also able to influence even very large postsynaptic cells. Where chemical synapses can be excitatory or inhibitory, electrical synapses are excitatory only.
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As such, post-synaptic cells can send back their own messages to pre-synaptic cells—telling them to change how much or how often a neurotransmitter is released. Synapses can vary in size, structure, and shape. And they can be found at different sites on a neuron. For example, there may be synapses between the axon of one cell and the dendrite of another, called axodendritic synapses.
Or they may go between two axons. There is also a special type of electrical synapse called a gap junction. Gap junctions come into play when neural circuits need to make quick and immediate responses. Synaptic plasticity is just a change of strength. Once upon a time, neuroscientists believed that all synapses were fixed-they worked at the same level all the time. The more a synapse is used, the stronger it becomes and the more influence it can wield over its neighboring, post-synaptic neurons.
One type of synaptic plasticity is called long term potentiation LTP. LTP occurs when brain cells on either side of a synapse repeatedly and persistently trade chemical signals, strengthening the synapse over time. This strengthening results in an amplified response in the post-synaptic cell. As such, LTP enhances cell communication, leading to faster and more efficient signaling between cells at the synapse.
Neuroscientists believe that LTP underlies learning and memory in an area of the brain called the hippocampus. The strengthening of those synapses is what allows learning to occur, and, consequently, for memories to form. Download this page as a PDF. What does experimenting with other animals tell us about people?
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