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 ...

It contains compounds that stimulate nerve growth factor, potentially aiding in nerve repair and cognitive enhancement. Found in North America and Eurasia, it can be consumed in various forms ...

My life as an undergraduate was very different — as a... [Originally published in Synapse on April 29, 1997.] There is nothing like springtime and nowhere like San Francisco to experience... Have you ...

Such modifications are orchestrated across trillions of synapses — the connections between individual nerve cells, called neurons — where brain communication takes place. In an intricately coordinated ...

Every time we practice something novel, millions of tiny contacts between nerve cells subtly adjust their strength and neurons use multiple mechanisms to store knowledge. Some connections, called ...

In apical dendrites, synapses were strengthened when they were coactive with nearby neighbors, suggesting that plasticity here is governed by local interactions between adjacent inputs. In contrast, ...

We were surprised to find that the synapses on a neuron don't all follow the same rule. For example, scientists have often thought that neurons follow what are called Hebbian rules, where neurons ...

When a neuron “fires,” it sends an electrochemical ... and the junctions at which these structures connect are called synapses. We also know that not all neural connections are equal.

In contrast, plasticity in basal dendrites was linked to the neuron's overall output—strengthening or weakening depending on how synapse activity aligned with global action potential firing.

In contrast, plasticity in basal dendrites was linked to the neuron’s overall output, strengthening or weakening depending on how synapse activity aligned with global action potential firing.

Such modifications are orchestrated across trillions of synapses -- the connections between individual nerve cells, called neurons -- where brain communication takes place. In an intricately ...