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Minding the gap: International team defines the spaces through which nerve cells communicate

Posted on January 16, 2016
The image depicts the intricate network of proteins that connects synapses, the sites of communication in the brain. Credit: Nikolas Schrod and Vladan Lucic, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

In a report published in the journal Neuron, an international team of researchers defined the makeup of the cellular structures through which nerve cells communicate with each other. These “synaptic clefts” are the small gaps between nerve cells (neurons) that relay information in the brain.
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