Synapses Have to Deal with a Lot of Surrounding Noise (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Synapses Have to Deal with a Lot of Surrounding Noise

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This image shows a synapse in the foreground, amidst a forest of neurons. The synapse is distorted with a glitch effect to hint at the synaptic noise that affects vesicle release.

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Blue Brain Project / EPFL

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