Researchers discover that the protein Adgrl2 uses alternative splicing to switch between building brain synapses and sealing ...

The communication network in the developing brain builds when neurons partner up to form contact points called synapses, allowing signals to pass from one cell to another. At the same time, a web of ...

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

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.

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

A newly identified trigger of brain inflammation could offer a fresh target for slowing Alzheimer’s progression.

STING" molecular switch drives Alzheimer's brain inflammation. Blocking this switch protects synapses in new study.

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited genetic developmental condition that strongly impacts brain development. Despite the ...

Neurons that fire together, wire together” is not the full story. A novel mechanism explains how the brain can learn across ...

An animal study suggests short-term brain inflammation may help repair myelin and could inform future repair-focused ...

The exposome encompasses the entire archive of our encounters with the world; it is written, molecule by molecule, into your ...

Artificial neurons could open a pathway toward computing that resembles human brain power.