There are few scientific methods more elegantly simple than "just sprinkle it on top." Researchers at Tohoku University and ...

A team of researchers has discovered that a protein called cypin plays a powerful role in helping brain cells connect and ...

Synaptic transmission occurs through two main modalities — namely, chemical and electrical transmission. In this Review, Pereda discusses the complex nature of electrical transmission and ...

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for ...

The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) is pleased to award the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award to ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures ...

HFSPO is pleased to award the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award to Erin Schuman for her breakthrough related to the function and ...

The next thing to investigate is how, why and when new filopodia appear. The discovery of all these eager-to-learn silent synapses and filopodia, Dr Harnett says, “is a lever for us to get into ...

Unsilencing synapses. To investigate whether these filopodia might be silent synapses, the researchers used a modified version of an experimental technique known as patch clamping.