Salk scientists discovered the protein CCN1—secreted by non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes—stabilizes brain circuits ...

New research shows how CCN1, a protein secreted by astrocytes, is critical for stabilizing neural circuits in adulthood.

Synaptic plasticity — the brain’s ability to modify the connections between neurons to support learning — is one of the ...

A research team led by Dr. Àlex Bayés, Head of the Molecular Physiology of the Synapse Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant ...

Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal ...

UNIST researchers from South Korea have developed the fully biodegradable artificial synapse made entirely from materials ...

Newer therapies improve inflammatory rosacea, yet additional research is needed to help clinicians manage vascular, ...

A novel viral tool (FLEN) is designed, and used to monitor changes in the intrinsic and synaptic properties of engram cells quickly (3–6 hours) following encoding of a memory.

Differences in kinetics of retinal output signals originate at least in part from differences in synaptic output from distinct bipolar cell types.

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...