Scientists Have Decoded the Mechanism of How Synapses Are Formed
Whether in the brain or in the muscles, synapses are present wherever nerve cells exist. Synapses, the connections between neurons, are fundamental to the process…
Synapses News
Neuroscience Breakthrough – New Images Capture Unseen Details of the Synapse
Scientists have created one of the most detailed 3D images of the synapse, the important juncture where neurons communicate with each other through an exchange…
A New Twist in Brain Science: A Proteasome Particle’s Unforeseen Function in Synapses
Darwin’s evolutionary theory underscored the significance of adaptation and variety in nature. However, can proteins within a biological cell also exhibit versatility and adapt to…
New Study Uncovers How a Unique Synapse Keeps Us From Falling
The inner ear has a need for speed. The sensory organs responsible for enabling us to walk, dance, and move our heads without feeling dizzy…
Stanford Biochemists Successfully Change How the Brain Communicates With Itself
Enzymes are used by biochemists to alter how brain cells interact with one another While you read this sentence, the neurons in your brain are…
Physicists Create Device for Imitating Biological Memory
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have created a device that acts like a synapse in the living brain, storing information and…
Neuroscientists Observe Signs of Synaptic Plasticity Emerging in a Living Brain
Using measurements of changes in neural activity in neurons of the inferior temporal cortex of mature nonhuman primates as they observed novel and familiar stimuli,…
Researchers Record Detailed Live Images Inside the Brain of a Living Mouse
Using the STED microscopy developed by Stephan Hell, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry recorded the first ever detailed live images inside…