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

Neuroplasticity and development have traditionally focused on synaptic mechanisms as the primary substrates of circuit remodeling. However, recent advances ...

Daniel Ojeda Juarez, a postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego, explores the link between protein aggregation and cognitive ...

Professor Lei Fu, the study’s corresponding author, says: “Our research suggests that plasmalogens may not just stop ...

Scientists at EPFL have developed CenSpark, a fluorescent probe that makes centrioles and cilia visible inside living cells, ...

Most neurons that die in Alzheimer’s disease do not simply starve or get smothered by amyloid plaques. According to a study ...

Researchers discovered that suppressing BMP signaling in astrocytes reduces seizures and restores brain balance in Fragile X syndrome models.

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

Scientists link a rising brain protein to memory decline and show it can be reversed in mice, offering a new target for ...

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

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

Researchers at LMU have developed a human cell model that replicates key mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases—with ...