Scientists discovered that the molecule CaMKII helps neurons encode information over seconds, a key process in learning. This ...

Homosynaptic plasticity is one type of synaptic plasticity. [1] Homosynaptic plasticity is input-specific, meaning changes in synapse strength occur only at post-synaptic targets specifically ...

New research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience published this week in Nature has identified a key step ...

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Learning takes seconds to minutes, yet the brain was previously thought to encode information around 1000 times faster. A new ...

Where and how are NMDARs recycled and degraded during synaptic plasticity? What is the number ... endocytic zones in regions lateral to the synapse/PSD of mature neurons 57,58 suggests a ...

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique ...

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have uncovered unique ...

By generating mice with genetic mutations that disrupt the brain's TrkC-PTP protein complex, researchers find a key way that brain cells communicate.