A new study reveals how restoring α-synuclein levels can help preserve synaptic vesicle composition and function, offering ...

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks that govern thought, behavior, and consciousness. It also explores how ...

This enzyme degrades monoamine neurotransmitters after their reabsorption into the presynaptic neuron. Drugs called monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), inhibit this enzyme, resulting in an ...

Shedding light on how the brain fine-tunes its wiring during learning, the team discovered that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow distinct rules. With the ability to see ...

Moreover, the team built a two-transistor cell capable of operating either in neuron or synaptic regime, which the researchers have called “Neuro-Synaptic Random Access Memory”, or NS-RAM. “Other ...

This is the gap between the receiving dendrites of one neuron and the releasing synapse of another. That’s how you get a presynaptic neuron and a postsynaptic neuron. The ‘signals’ that ...

have discovered that a unique trio of medications could hold the key to improved treatment outcomes for hereditary cases of motor neuron disease (MND) caused by mutations in the SOD1 protein.

These techniques allowed them to label specific neuron populations in the mouse spinal cord based on their activity while selectively activating or silencing these groups of neurons. Nocifensive ...

in the presynaptic neuron. The study elegantly and pointedly addresses a long-standing conundrum regarding the lack of frequency dependence of tLTD. Strengths: The authors did a commendable job ...

Moreover, researchers found that PNS microglia directly enwrap neuronal somas in peripheral ganglia, forming a Neuron-PNS Microglia-Satellite Glial Cell trio model. This revises the traditional Neuron ...