It is generally accepted that there are three types of Synapses: I = communicating axosomatic synapses; II = communicating axodendritic synapses, and III = communicating axoaxonic synapses’.
When three neurons intervene in the synaptic contact, they could be termed ‘complex communicating synapses’.
And that complex communicating synapses was exactly what took place in Barga Jazz Club this evening – Zeno Marchi on guitar, Filippo Guerrieri on keyboards and Filippo Galli on the drum kit, working and firing off of each other in perfect sparkling unity.
Zeno Marchi | Filippo Guerrieri | Filippo Galli
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Neurons communicate with each other via electrical events called ‘action potentials’ and chemical neurotransmitters.
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At the junction between two neurons (synapse), an action potential causes neuron A to release a chemical neurotransmitter.
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The neurotransmitter can either help (excite) or hinder (inhibit) neuron B from firing its own action potential.
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In an intact brain, the balance of hundreds of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to a neuron determines whether an action potential will result.
