Discovery Sheds Light on How Neurodegenerative Diseases May Occur
Researchers report nitric oxide plays a key role in regulating neural function. The findings shed new light on how neurodegeneration may occur.... Read More...
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Watching Brain Cells Interact in Real Time
Researchers have developed a new method that allows them to see how astrocytes influence neural communication in real time.... Read More...
Long-Lasting Brain Proteins Offer Clues to How Memories Last a Lifetime
Researcher report long-lasting proteins in the brain could be a crucial part of the molecular machinery that helps govern long term memory and learning.... Read More...
Recycling at the Synapse Revealed
A new study sheds light on the process of vesicle recycling... Read More...
Captured on Film For the First Time: Microglia Nibbling on Synapses
A new electronic microscopy study has captured microglia perform their role in synaptic pruning. ... Read More...
Illuminating Mechanism at Play in Learning
Researchers report molecular networks on both sides of a synapse are important for controlling learning. ... Read More...
Breakthrough Discovery in Neurotransmission
Researchers discover the FABP5 protein is key to how endocannibinoids travel from neurons to receptors. ... Read More...
Making New Memories is a Balancing Act
According to researchers, some synapses get smaller as we learn new information.... Read More...
Receptors Key to Strong Memories
The strength of a memory depends upon the number of receptors in a synapse, researchers report.... Read More...
Calcium May Play a Role in the Development of Parkinson’s
A new Nature Communications study reveals increased calcium levels in brain cells may play a significant role in the development of Parkinson's disease. ... Read More...
Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism
Researchers have derived purkinje cells from patients with TSC, a genetic syndrome that includes some ASD-like symptoms. The cells, researchers say, have several characteristics that could help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.... Read More...
The Molecular Mechanisms Behind Memory Formation
Researchers have identified a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific neurons.... Read More...