A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was the first to suggest that synapses might be the key to memory formation, way back in the 1890s. Ramón y Cajal used a technique developed by Italian scientist Camillo ...

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and ...

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if ...

The basis of memory is the synapse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Memory is one of the building blocks of the brain.

Short-term memory is linked to functional changes in existing synapses, while long-term memory is associated with a change in the number of synaptic connections and strengthening of the brain’s ...

“For 35 years, the predominant dogma was that memory decline is mediated predominantly by loss of dendritic spine, which are a surrogate for synapses. As we age from 40 through 85, there is natural ...

Researchers found that up to 80% of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus—a critical structure for learning and memory—of newborns may be silent, compared to fewer than 30% in adulthood.

Peter Juo’s lab is focused on how glutamate neurotransmitter receptors are trafficked to synapses (i.e., sites of communication between neurons) and regulated during development and synaptic ...