The synapse is the focus of experimental research and theory on the cellular mechanisms of nervous system plasticity and learning, but recent research is expanding the consideration of plasticity into ...

The ability of the brain to transmit and process information requires a lifelong commitment to maintaining the integrity of synapses--the special connections that permit the passage of nerve impulses ...

The myelin sheath on vertebrate axons is critical for neural impulse transmission, but whether electrically active axons are preferentially myelinated by glial cells, and if so, whether axo-glial ...

The brain seems process information more chaotically than has long been assumed. The passing of information from neuron to neuron does not occur exclusively at the synapses, i.e. the junctions between ...

Source: Flickr: Synapse by Manel Torralba, C.C. by 2.0 A paradox that helps clarify the solution to the ongoing genes vs. environment debate in mental health (described in a previous post) is that one ...

Our nervous system consists of about 100 billion interlinked neurons that are capable of carrying out complex computations. Each neuron has an antenna zone comprising the cell body and its extensions ...

In a new study, researchers describe a new technique they developed to find out exactly how Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects nerve cells from the very beginning. The paper, published in the journal ...

(Philadelphia, PA) – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that star-shaped glial cells in the brain called astrocytes are directly involved in regulating ...

Source: Flickr: Synapse by Manel Torralba, C.C. by 2.0 A paradox that helps clarify the solution to the ongoing genes vs. environment debate in mental health (described in a previous post) is that one ...