Researchers discover so-called sticky synapses can impair new learning by excessively hard wiring old memories.
A study that used postmortem brain tissue samples from Alzheimer's patients and mouse models found the hunger hormone ghrelin is linked to cognitive impairments and memory loss associated with the disease.
Researchers have developed a new method of reducing the time it takes to grow mini brain models in the lab. This may accelerate research into diseases and injury that affect the nervous system.
A protein associated with Parkinson's disease regulates neurotransmission by self association, a new study reports.
A new, custom built microscope allows neuroscientists a closer look at the detailed workings of a synapse.
Researchers have succeeded in comprehensively imaging a potion of a mouse brain at the nanoscale level.
According to a new study, researchers have developed a new technique that has allowed them to track the daily dynamics of all the dendritic spines on a single neuron in the brain of a living mouse.
A clusterization approach allows researchers to analyze dendritic spines in new ways.
Researchers have identified a potential new biomarker for cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease. The study reports fibrinogen, a blood clotting protein, causes a series of molecular events that may trigger the destruction of connections between neurons, resulting in cognitive decline.
Researchers have developed a machine learning tool that could help further understanding of synaptic activity in learning and neurodevelopment.
A fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may...
A new theory of memory visualizes the brain as an organic super-computer that runs complex binary code with neurons acting like mechanical computers. The theory is based on the discovery of the protein molecule, talin, which contains switch-like domains that change shape in response to pressure in mechanical force by a cell.
