In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...

Researchers from the lab led by Prof. Joris De Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) have discovered an important clue to how connections between brain cells, known as synapses, mature. These new findings, published in ...

Instant synapse visualization with our fluorescence probe. A diagram showing that the fluorescent probe can visualize AMPA receptors on synapses by sprinkling. There are few scientific methods more ...

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 ...

Increasing inner ear synapse density enhances auditory processing in young mice. The findings may pave the way for new treatments for hearing disorders. The corresponding study was published in PLOS ...

A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — might explain why the human brain has such a huge storage capacity, researchers reported in the journal PNAS in May. The study looks ...

A new study has produced supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on the cause of hidden hearing loss in people. A study from Michigan Medicine's Kresge Hearing Research ...