Silent synapses are dormant neural connections that hold untapped brain potential. Discover how ketamine, exercise, and other ...

Researchers have developed DELTA, a powerful new imaging method that maps brain-wide synaptic changes during learning.

This destructive act is important for the developing brain. The microglia prune away weak or unwanted connections, allowing more productive ones to become stronger. Without this “synaptic pruning,” a ...

Neurons communicate with each other by passing millisecond-long signals across tiny junctions called synapses. Experiences ...

What is the basic computational unit of the brain? The neuron ... basic formulation have emphasized the nonlinearities of the synapse instead? The challenge now is to figure out which, if any ...

Despite this, the synapse is still able to orchestrate numerous, distinct functional pathways fundamental in larger-scale brain circuits and higher-order processing. What physicochemical and ...

These are present in human cell linings and in the neurons in brain. Scientists have only recently begun to understand the importance of these channels. Creating these structures artificially could be ...