Axo-axonic transmission

Synaptic transmission is how neurons communicate. It is how brains think.

In the canonical view, synaptic transmission occurs when a synaptic terminal, located on an axon, releases neurotransmitter onto a post-synaptic site, usually on a dendrite (or dendritic spine).

But axons also communicate with other axons using many modes of neurotransmission, from fast ion-mediated excitation and inhibition, to GPCR-mediated modulation.

We study the neurotransmission between axons. Currently, we are interested in how the axons of dopaminergic neurons are controlled by acetylcholine.