These included members of the glypican family (part of a group of sugar-containing proteins called proteoglycans), which can induce the formation of excitatory synapses in the brain 7. The ...

While we don’t yet have such an astronomical map of the heavens, thanks to a momentous study published last week in Neuron, there is now one for the brain. If every neuron were a galaxy, then synapses ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are ...

The brain is made of a dense and dynamic network of nerve cells that communicate through synapses that change as humans learn. “Synapses are essentially how cells talk to each other and how ...

A tiny brain for immense discoveries. The fruit fly, this simple vinegar fly, holds within it the secrets of neural connections. Could understanding its brain pave the way for insights into human ...

To understand how the brain learns and retains information, scientists try to quantify how much stronger a synapse has gotten through learning, and how much stronger it can get. Synaptic strength ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the establishment of very precise connections between neurons: synapses. A recent study, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveals that the formation of ...

Similar to computers, the brain's memory storage is measured in "bits," and the number of bits it can hold rests on the connections between its neurons, known as synapses. Historically ...

A team of physicists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea have built an artificial synapse, the biological foundation of the human brain's ability to ...

Individuals with traumatic brain iInjuries are an underrepresented group across the country. Synapse is a national club that is dedicated to giving a supportive community to those who have ...