The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The human brain processes complex information while consuming merely the power of a dim light bulb. This remarkable efficiency stems from synapses, the connections between brain ...

In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...

The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

How do cell phones affect our memories? What percentage of them are imagined? A group of neuroscientists is trying to unravel ...

Both presenilin-1 or the less-studied presenilin-2 can act as the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, the enzyme responsible for churning out Aβ peptides. A new study, published November 29 in Nature ...

Memories are created in a matter of seconds. Memories are created in a matter of seconds. From the moment the brain receives a sensory input (i.e. sight, sound, smell, etc.), neurons across the brain ...

SAN DIEGO – The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will honor five leading researchers whose impactful work has transformed neuroscience — including the understanding of memory, synapse formation, social ...