In AD, synaptic plasticity, the brain’s ability to regulate the strength of synaptic connections between neurons, is significantly disrupted. This worsens over time, reducing cognitive and memory ...

Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start—it becomes refined by what babies see—but the authors ...

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This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

New research reveals that the protein Dystroglycan plays a critical role in forming and maintaining connections between nerve ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...