The microscopic image shows a nerve cell and a magnified view of the investigated synapses. Calcium was released at these sites using a UV flash, which triggered the release of the neurotransmitter.

Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that selectively pruning certain synapses in the brain can paradoxically ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections between brain cells, known as synapses, mature. These new findings, published in ...

The innovative organic materials proposed by Dr. Eunho Lee and his team bring us closer to brain-like computer processors In the Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator Series, Dr. Eunho Lee from ...

Astrocytes are notoriously two-faced—calmly coddling neurons one minute, then ruthlessly consuming their synapses the next. Why these dramatic mood swings? Blame the EphA4 receptor, according to a ...

The transistor presented by CEA-Leti is analog. In other words, instead of having two possible states, open & closed, it has around 50 possible states. This enables it to reproduce how synapses ...

A research team led by Dr. Àlex Bayés, Head of the Molecular Physiology of the Synapse Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau), has achieved what for decades had been an elusive goal: ...

Psychedelics stimulate the growth of synapses outside the brain, scientists show for the first time. Many psychedelics act by binding to serotonin receptor 2. Manor and his team found that these ...

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 ...