In the Alzheimer’s disease brain, synaptic loss correlates with cognitive decline, and is considered a sign of disease progression. But is synaptic loss always bad? Provocative new data from several ...

Fluorescence image of a mechanoreceptor neuron (PVD) in C. elegans. The PVDs project neuronal trees comprising structural units we call "menorahs." EFF-1, an essential protein mediating fusion between ...

Researchers detail the mechanism of how synapses compete with each other, and how weak and noisy synapses are eliminated during development Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers at Kyushu University have ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Use it or lose it – that’s the motto ...

Taste, like other senses, is mediated by finely tuned circuits of neurons. These circuits are formed during embryonic development, when many extra neuronal synapses that will not exist in the fully ...

The brain really is an incredible organ, and neurons are the vital link between, well, everything. The brain is anything but set in stone; how we think, feel, reason, and understand the world changes ...

Much like tree branches, hundreds of axons extend from neurons during development. These axons serve as information highways that enable neurons to communicate with different cells across the body.