The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

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

Discover how the brain quickly adapts to changing rules and behaviors. A fascinating study reveals the neural feedback loop that helps us stay flexible in a dynamic world.

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Enter SynPull, a new synaptosome imaging method developed by David Klenerman, John Danial, and colleagues at the University of Cambridge, England. SynPull combines single-molecule pull-down of ...

With the strong associations established in epidemiologic studies and a dearth of evidence on the actual mechanisms by which ...

As the U.S. population ages, more adults are developing thinking and memory problems, called mild cognitive impairment. Scientists have been looking for ways to prevent or delay this type of ...

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

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, memory, and social ...