The purpose of this mini-forum, "Neurotransmitters and Alzheimer's Disease", is to critically assess the current status of neurotransmitters in Alzheimer's disease. Neurotransmitters are essential neurochemicals that maintain synaptic and cognitive functions in mammals, including humans, by sending signals across pre- to post-synaptic neurons. Authorities in the fields of synapses and neurotran...

The synapse is the point of functional contact between one neuron and another. It is the primary place at which information is transmitted from neuron to neuron in the central nervous system or from neuron to target (gland or muscle) in the periphery. The simplest way for one cell to inform another of its activity is by direct electrical interaction, in which the current generated extracellular...