Contact
Rachel Reyes, PhD
Associate Project Scientist, UCLA Department of Surgery. Los Angeles.
I'm open to collaborations, new roles, and conversations about the gut–brain axis.
Axon terminal
Make a connection
You've reached the synapse. Release a few vesicles across the cleft. When enough receptors bind, the signal crosses, and that's how you reach me.
Synapse
Waiting for a signal
Receptors bound 0/0
How it works. An action potential reaching the terminal makes vesicles fuse with the membrane and release neurotransmitter. It diffuses across the cleft and binds receptors on the next cell. Enough binding pushes that cell past threshold. Tap the button or the synapse.