Synapses

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Synapses

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Synapses are indeed the gaps between neurons where chemical signals are used to transmit information. Santiago Ramon y Cajal, using a silver staining technique, made significant contributions to understanding the structure of neurons, but synapses themselves are characterized by their function of transmitting information through chemical signals across the gap between neurons. Electrical signals are carried along the length of an axon, but this process does not define a synapse.