Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

The communication network in the developing brain builds when neurons partner up to form contact points called synapses, ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in our own brain every day: Our synapses - the junctions between nerve cells - grow strong and large during ...

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that selectively pruning certain synapses in the brain can paradoxically ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

The brain has its own immune system, which detects threats and mounts a defense. A growing body of evidence has shown that in ...

UWF broke ground April 23 on The Synapse, the future home of the Center for Computational Intelligence and Center for ...

A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...