The axon initial segment (AIS) is where nerve signals begin, and its adaptability is key to brain function. Scientists have found that the AIS changes in response to activity levels, helping neurons ...

Researchers from Bonn and Japan have found that the sharing of proteins and calcium makes synaptic plasticity a collective ...

Two major forms of synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation ... both LTP and LTD can occur at the same synapse in response to different patterns of activation of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate ...

Hebb's synapse is not his only legacy ... knowledge about the molecular and cellular events underlying synaptic plasticity into a real understanding of learning and memory. For a more detailed ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine neuroscientists say they have found a new function for the SYNGAP1 gene, a DNA sequence that controls memory and learning in mammals, including mice and humans. The finding ...

Greenberg established that Fos and other genes mediate long-term synaptic plasticity, but scientists continued to ... s have both been linked to disturbances in mRNA translation at the synapse, she ...

Given their importance in brain function, it is not surprising that improper synapse development and plasticity have been implicated in a wide range of neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric, and ...