New research from Oregon Health & Science University for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications ...

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the neurological problems experienced by people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy ...

A new study published in Cell is reshaping our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the brain, the proteins that are present at synapses. Titled "The proteomic landscape of synaptic ...

Your brain is carrying more spare wiring than anyone suspected. In a study that upended a long-standing assumption in neuroscience, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that ...

Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in our own brain every day: Our synapses - the junctions between nerve cells - grow strong and large during ...

Researchers have produced the first complete wiring diagram of an adult fruit fly brain, tracing roughly 139,255 neurons and more than 50 million chemical synapses at single-synapse resolution. The ...