Illustration of Synapses (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Illustration of Synapses

Caption

The size of synapses in the cerebral cortex directly determines the strength of their signal transmission - illustrated as three nerve cell connections of different size and brightness.

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Kristian Herrera and authors

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