Neurons can rapidly rebalance their communication using a structural signal rather than electrical activity, overturning long-held assumptions about how synapses maintain stability.

Nerve cells regulate and routinely refresh the collection of calcium channels that enable them to send messages across circuit connections. The nervous system works because neurons communicate across ...

For the first time, researchers identified the function of the CASKIN2 protein, which plays a key role in precise signal transmission between neurons and memory formation in the brain. This study is ...

Every movement you make and every memory you form depends on precise communication between neurons. When that communication is disrupted, the brain must rapidly rebalance its internal signaling to ...

A new study has revealed how tau – a microtubule-binding protein that is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease – weakens transmission across synapses in the brains of mice When injected into presynaptic ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo reveal how the presynaptic Ube3a E3 ligase, a causal factor in Angelman syndrome, eliminates neural chat. The study helps find a better drug target for the ...

Tomosyn's tight regulation of neurotransmitter release distinguishes functions of two neuron classes at the fly neuromuscular junction, incluiding their ability to engage in a form of plasticity The ...

Generations of studying the root cause of schizophrenia have largely converged around a single theory: the “dopamine hypothesis,” which postulates that a combination of genetic susceptibility, ...

Your brain is responsible for controlling most of your body’s activities. Its information processing capabilities are what allow you to learn, and it is the central repository of your memories. But ...

At 15 years old, Sammy considered himself an expert on cannabis. When I asked what he knew about how marijuana interacts with the brain, he confidently explained, “THC activates cannabinoid receptors ...