Researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

Researchers have identified the mitochondrial calcium uniporter as a critical protein in the strengthening of synaptic ...

Much of the cellular and molecular studies on elevated intracranial pressure, hemorrhage and neuronal tissue injury (as seen in TBI) are derived from experimental work from models of cerebral ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...

Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social ...

A new collaboration between Northwestern University and Georgia Tech has unlocked new potential for the field by creating a novel high-performance organic electrochemical neuron that responds within ...

However, the study provides limited new insights into the relationship between retinal lamination defects and overall retinal function. Neural lamination is a common feature of the central nervous ...

Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program ... They have to supply their synapses, i.e. their contact points with other neurons, but also organize their protein synthesis ...