Examples of synapse

• Transmission at the retino-geniculate synapse in cats is influenced by the structure of pre- and postsynaptic spike trains.

• An electron microscopic study of synapse formation, receptor outer segment development, and other aspects of developing mouse retina.

• In the turtle visual system, color opponency is found in the first synapse between cones and horizontal cells.

• There are also examples of synapse elimination that leave more than one input onto the target.

• The principal input to these circuits are thalamic afferents that synapse on excitatory cells with spiny dendrites.

• Interestingly, astrocytic coverage of the axon- spine interface varies highly from synapse to synapse.

• Thus, astrocytes have the ability to continuously redefine their shape, possibly to match the activity level of the synapse and modulate neurotransmission.

• Dashed lines represent pathways that are no longer present and empty circles signify pathways with at least one synapse.