This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain that can be caused by infections or autoimmune reactions. Even when patients survive the acute phase, many are left with long-lasting neurological problems ...

A comprehensive mini-review published today after peer review in Brain Medicine by Dr. Tao Ma and colleagues at Wake Forest ...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gate Neurosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company using precision medicine to develop next-generation neuroscience therapies, today announced upcoming ...

A protein that appears in postsynaptic protein agglomerations has been found to be crucial to their formation. The Kobe University discovery identifies a new key player for synaptic function and sheds ...

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? It all depends on transmission of chemical signals in the brain, carried and released by molecular containers called vesicles. In a new study, researchers ...

In an earlier study, researchers at Georgetown found that repeated head impacts prompt adaptations in the brain's synaptic functioning. The frequency of these impacts may result in challenges related ...

Markers in the cerebrospinal fluid can help clinicians identify who has the amyloid and tangle pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease. However, no CSF marker has been found to track well with cognitive ...