A hidden pattern of clustered connections did all the remembering.

A memory, it turns out, may be harder to erase than we thought. In a striking experiment, mice kept memories formed even when ...

Artificial hibernation caused mice to lose more than half of their hippocampal synapses, yet their memories survived, ...

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 ...

A multi-disciplinary team has found that depriving lab mice of sleep can lead to a reduction in synapse diversity in the brain. In their study, published on the open-access site Current Biology, the ...

Simulating billions of neurons is becoming possible. Measuring one living human brain well enough to copy it remains the ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the neurological problems experienced by people with a rare form of muscular dystrophy ...

Preparation of an entire brain for imaging at the necessary resolution requires a distinct set of skills, as does ...

A team of physicists from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea have built an artificial synapse, the biological foundation of the human brain's ability to think ...

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 ...

A substance found in edible sea squirts appeared to reverse several signs of aging in older mice. Plasmalogen supplements improved memory and learning, strengthened connections between brain cells, ...