A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

The researchers claim LICONN is the first technology beyond electron microscopy (EM) that is capable of reconstructing brain tissue with all the synaptic connections between neurons. It also opens ...

The key lies in setting the resistance of the bulk terminal ... called Neuro-Synaptic Random Access Memory (NSRAM) — that allows switching between operating modes (neuron or synapse), offering ...

The fragments also directly compromise synapses they encounter along the way ... tau fragments containing the microtubule binding region and its adjacent C-terminal sequence wreaked havoc on synaptic ...

Tau aggregates appear inside synapses from human brain samples with Aβ pathology. The method can be adapted to study other synaptic proteins. As reported in Cell Chemical Biology on January 23, first ...

Synaptic pruning is the process in which ... with one another using a combination of electrical and chemical signals. Synapses are the places where these neurons connect in order to function.

Synaptic plasticity forms the basis of learning — each time you study for an exam, for example, the synapses where that memory is stored become a little stronger. Neuropeptides can also affect a ...

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 of chemical signals. These nanometer ...

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 of chemical signals. These nanometer ...

it has to somehow get across the synapse. This happens in a series of three main steps. First, chemical neurotransmitters are released into the synaptic cleft, or gap. These bind to receptors on ...