There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and ...

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

How are synapses formed, those points of contact that allow the transmission of information from one neuron to the other? Working with an international team, researchers from the Leibniz ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

Unsilencing synapses. To investigate whether these filopodia might be silent synapses, the researchers used a modified version of an experimental technique known as patch clamping.

In the adult brain, new synapses are thought to be formed from scratch as needed or through the modification of existing connections. Now, a study published November 30 in Nature unearths an abundance ...

“When she would fall in public, people just assumed she was drunk,” said Glenn. “One time she fell backwards on the steps and broke her vertebrae. I wasn’t there to catch her.

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures ...

They focused on synapses that respond to the neurotransmitter dopamine. Here’s what lead researcher and neuroscientist Dr. David Sulzer of Columbia said about the findings, ...

Synapses are small gaps between neurons through which signals are transmitted. This transmission of signals is what allows neurons to communicate and ultimately produce complex internal processes ...

Meanwhile synapses in circuits that were only mildly enhanced during wakefulness (such as fumbled notes on the guitar) or that fit less with old memories ...