In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a study ...

Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning.

The latest issues of three American Psychiatric Association journals, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services and The American Journal of Psychotherapy  are now available online.

West Virginia University neuroscientists have discovered a way to control how much zinc is released to specific locations in ...

Potential risk biomarkers found for schizophrenia resulting from cannabis use Date: March 21, 2025 Source: University of the Basque Country Summary: A new study has analyzed and compared the fatty ...

"By combating inflammation and oxidative stress with this diAcCA compound, we actually increased the number of synapses in the brain," says senior author and professor Stuart Lipton, MD ...

For 35 years, the FDA has placed onerous restrictions on the only drug it has ever approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and the only one it recognizes as reducing the risk of suicide. This ...

These were some of the questions that were addressed during the annual Synapse Conclave in the capital last month, where over 40 speakers, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Neural activity determines which synapses are preserved ... Excessive pruning is associated with schizophrenia, leading to reduced synaptic connectivity, while insufficient pruning may contribute ...

Over the past decade, a growing amount of research has revealed how liquid-liquid phase separation mediates protein interactions throughout the cell and, furthermore, at the synapse. While this ...