Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures ...

Because their spindly processes can contact up to 100,000 synapses at a time, astrocytes are considered an integral part of neural circuitry, forming so-called tripartite synapses together with pre- ...

Inhibition of GT1b-synthesis increases glial phagocytosis of excitatory pre-synapses and reduces excitatory synapses post-injury. In vitro analyses reveal a positive correlation between GT1b ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) results from autoimmune antibodies against the post-synaptic neuromuscular junction with three major ...

The leak rate of the synaptic weights is modulated based on the temporal correlation between the spiking patterns of the pre- and post-synaptic neurons. This mechanism helps in gradual forgetting of ...

How we came up with these estimates Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are extremely unreliable.

"Studies have shown that vulnerability to Alzheimer's-related changes in the brain increase in women from pre- to post-menopause. And so, while menopause broadly might be an important factor that ...

Alterations in trafficking of synaptic vesicles, and a drop in surface levels of critical pre- and post-synaptic receptors, seemed to blame (image below). Could changes in endolysosomal trafficking ...

Synapses are points of contact between axonal nerve terminals (the pre-synapse) and post-synaptic neurons. At these synapses, the electrical impulse is converted into chemical messengers that are ...

Kandel concluded that the basic building block of memory is the synapse, where both pre- and post-synaptic elements, together with associated glial processes, form an integral unit with an ...

This paper proposes CMOS synapse and neuron for use in spiking neural networks to perform cognitive functions in a bio-inspired manner. The proposed synapse can trace the eligibility of the timing ...