At excitatory synapses in the cerebral cortex, the most numerous synapses in our brain, the presynaptic nerve ... an electrical impulse from the cell soma, within one to a few milliseconds several ...

The laboratory of Ege Kavalali, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, published a paper in Nature ...

To understand how these brain cells exchange information through their synapses (junctions to exchange chemical 'messages'), the team of Prof. Joris de Wit (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and ...

Between the axon of a transmitting neuron and the dendrite of a receiving neuron is a gap called the synapse—the site at which signals are passed between the brain cells. The nervous system ...

Early menopause and poor brain-connection health may interact to increase Alzheimer's disease risk in women, a study found.

Thanks to Olson, Manor and his team obtained cochlear samples from adult mice that had normal hearing and were either exposed ...

Scientists have discovered that a specific type of brain cell, called an astrocyte, may be a key player in how cannabis ...

Analysis of human brain tissue revealed differences in how immune cells behave in brains with Alzheimer's disease compared to ...

During neurogenesis, stem cells become non-specialized neural ... in many more synapses than remain in the adult brain. The reduction in synapses that happens as a person grows up is thought ...

This study presents a valuable theoretical exploration on the electrophysiological mechanisms of ionic currents via gap junctions in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal-cell models, and their potential ...

Erythropoietin-producing hepatoma (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant in ...