Researchers at Leipzig University’s Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and Nagoya University developed a fluorescent probe that can quickly show ...

Researchers say the new tool gives an unprecedented view of brain cell activity in a synapse — a tiny space between two brain cells, where molecules and chemicals are passed back and forth.

Characterization of intracellular synapse heterogeneity aides to understand the intricate computational logic of neuronal circuits. Despite recent advances in connectomics, the spatial patterns of ...

Artificial synapses are an important step towards emulating the supercomputer that is the human brain. Now scientists have successfully bridged the gap between organic and artificial, with ...

To further explore how Prickle regulates synapse numbers, the Zou lab generated mice that mimic a human mutation of Prickle2, which is known to cause autism. These mice showed a reduction or delay ...

Researchers have discovered the brain uses fat the same way muscles do — as an alternative fuel to glucose — going against ...

Summary: New research uncovers how tau pathology spreads and damages synapses in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Using ...

For the study, the researchers used various imaging techniques to study a mouse model of MS. In doing so, they found that MS-associated inflammation causes phagocytes, immune cells that clear out ...

Nibbling synapses: Glial cells eating of synapses may enhance learning and memory. Tohoku University. Journal Nature Neuroscience DOI 10.1038/s41593-022-01184-5. Keywords /Life sciences/ Biochemistry ...