Researchers found a powerful protein that helps strengthen the messaging system of the brain. The discovery could lead to new ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience, has received $2.6 million from the National Eye Institute to continue more than 20 years of ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Biochemistry has made a decisive discovery about the ...

Late-life depression is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, in particular because it accelerates progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. How this happens remains largely ...

Swiss team has uncovered a new role for astrocytes in brain computation. Using advanced microscopy, researchers found that ...

A research team has identified a molecular mechanism that coordinates the operation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor, which is key to regulating excitatory synapse function in the ...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications ...

Neurobiologists have uncovered the long-sought-after mechanisms behind the maintenance and decline of key synapses implicated in brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The researchers identified ...

Establishment of neural circuits is a tightly regulated process coordinated by a series of cellular and molecular mechanisms. Within the neural circuitry electrical and chemical information is ...