A team of scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Biochemistry has made a decisive discovery about the molecular basis of synapse formation in the central nervous system. They studied ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have mapped the molecular landscape of the mouse hippocampus, a ...

Researchers discovered that gephyrin, a key protein at inhibitory synapses, forms organized filaments that act as the structural basis for postsynaptic densities.

Knight Initiative researchers are investigating the detailed processes behind how the brain learns to control movement. Their ...

For every motor skill you've ever learned, whether it's walking or watchmaking, there is a small ensemble of neurons in your ...

Exercising increases synapses, creates more connections within the brain and helps extra cells to form. Better cardiovascular ...

Schematic representation of axonal transport vesicles (blue) carrying presynaptic proteins (SV and AZ proteins). Kinesin motor proteins (KIF1A) attach these vesicles and carry them along the axons to ...

Scientists have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in 'filtering' sensory information. The new research demonstrates ...

An international research team has shown that lung cancer cells can form functional synapses with neurons, effectively ...

New research reveals memory is dynamic, actively reconstructed, and protected against decay at molecular and neural levels.

New Haven, Conn. — Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in ...