Talk:Synapse

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History of the synapse

It might be nice to have a history of the concept of the synapse, perhaps drawing from Bennet (1999) The early histroy of the synapse: from Plato to Sherrington. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6SYT-3XNJV2B-2&_user=128590&_coverDate=09%2F15%2F1999&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1403948088&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000010619&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=128590&md5=0604f9d5a4a3c6ec33fc9eca5afa69ef#toc5 I was surprised to learn that even part way through the 20th century, the concept of neurotransmitters wasn't widely accepted.Keepstherainoff (talk) 16:42, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose of this page?

Why does this page exist when it's basically all covered in more detail by the page Chemical synapse?147.153.84.5 (talk) 17:43, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that it isn't all covered in the chemical synapse article -- that article doesn't deal with electrical synapses. I am sympathetic to the idea that we might not be handling this in the right way, but it isn't trivial to figure out the correct solution. Looie496 (talk) 21:43, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speed?

How long does it take for a signal to cross the synapse? Comecra (talk) 09:20, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Broad picture importance of synapse?

I don't have expertise in this field but I'm guessing that the chemical synapse is much better than a simple on/off switch in that it can release various transmitters and the time of reuptake is another variable and ... other variables too? I think a discussion of the advantage of an multiposition switch over a binary switch would help to explain how brains are better than computers. Is the chemical synapse is the core mechanism that leads to the experience of consciousness? Electricmic (talk) 10:55, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It would be premature to attribute consciousness to anything particular within the brain. I'm not sure how to discuss the multiposition idea without getting into WP:OR. Signal transduction goes into the technical aspects of how synapses are not just on-off, in the sense that, when transmitters bind to their receptors postsynaptically, the receptors have multiple actions. I've just added a sentence to try to convey that. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Synaptic Adhesion Molecules

I added mention of SAMs to intro, maybe it doesn't belong there, but it always bothered me to learn that there's a gap between neurons at synapses, but wondered how they don't just fall apart if brain/head is jiggled. Needs a section on SAMs, but too busy now to try to add it. UnderEducatedGeezer (talk) 19:19, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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where is the entry about the potassium and magnesium in the picture. (top right)