In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...
The human brain's remarkably prolonged development is unique among mammals and is thought to contribute to our advanced learning abilities. Disruptions in this process may explain certain ...
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MIT discovers 30% of your brain’s synapses are 'silent' — dormant connections that sit waiting until you need to learn something new
Your brain is carrying a massive reserve of wiring it has never switched on. Researchers at MIT have found that roughly 30 ...
New research for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications for conditions ranging from multiple ...
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A cancer drug called saracatinib just switched failing brain synapses back on in Alzheimer’s mice — memory returned with them
When researchers at Yale gave a shelved cancer drug to old mice whose brains were already riddled with Alzheimer’s-like ...
Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...
An analysis of how synaptic proteins change during early development reveals differences between mice and marmosets but also what's different in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The ...
Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.
The Kobe University-led research team identified a group of proteins that undergo a phase of change where some are produced more and others are produced less as time passes. They also found that the ...
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