An NIH-funded project leverages advanced synapse imaging to monitor real-time neuronal changes during learning, unveiling new ...

Findings could help illuminate role of brain region in cognitive functions, such as memory integration and abstract thinking: paper Chinese and French scientists have developed an extremely detailed ...

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Learning triggers changes across trillions of synapses, where neurons communicate with each other. This process, known as ...

A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

Neurons and their branch extensions known as dendrites are featured within a mouse’s cerebral cortex. Must be used in conjunction with Science paper on brain plasticity rules.

Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with ...

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. In the affected areas, nerve cells and their layer ...

Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been a major challenge in treating brain diseases. Now, researchers have explored how cholesterol-modified heteroduplex oligonucleotides ...

Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been one of medicine's most difficult challenges, limiting ...