Silent synapses are dormant neural connections that hold untapped brain potential. Discover how ketamine, exercise, and other ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the establishment of very precise connections between neurons: synapses. A recent ...

The team led by Associate Professor Mario Lanza from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

Could understanding its brain pave the way for insights into human diseases? With 140,000 neurons mapped, the scientific community is now equipped with a complete brain map, the fruit of a decade ...

Examples like Intel's Loihi chips tend to get competitive performance out of far lower clock speeds and energy use, but they ...

When under stress, neurons crank out tau fragments, and many scientists blame this for the propagation of tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The fragments also directly compromise synapses they ...

The scientists found that aging weakens the connections between different parts of the brain, making it harder for neurons ...

As animals experience new things, the connections between neurons, called synapses, strengthen or weaken in response to ...

In a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers revealed the structural underpinnings of memory formation across a broad network of neurons in the mouse brain.

A comprehensive Thought Leaders Invited Review in Brain Medicine highlights the crucial role of CD2-associated protein (CD2AP ...