A structural protein best known for building the internal scaffolding of cells may double as a natural defense against the ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

To probe for the existence of synaptic connections in brain slices, Triplett and his colleagues at Columbia and UC Berkeley used a technique known as holographic optogenetics, which uses light to ...

A new study on the detriments of too many synaptic connections in the mouse cerebellum by neuroscientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis corroborates previous human ...

The ability to regrow lost synapses can be life changing; for Derek Small, cofounder and CEO of the start-up Syndeio Biosciences, it holds personal relevance. Around a decade ago, Small watched his ...

Astrocytes use the MEGF10 receptor to prune synapses in the striatum, a process essential for dopamine-driven motor learning.

Researchers headed by a team at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) have made a fundamental discovery about a key mechanism that enables nervous system ...