A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections ...

An international research team led by a University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine investigator has revealed ultra-detailed ...

An international research team has mapped the millisecond-by-millisecond process by which nerve signals activate muscles, uncovering a previously unseen “primed” intermediate step.

Time-resolved cryo-ET uncovered a unified mechanism of synaptic vesicle (SV) exocytosis, reshaping our understanding of brain signaling and disease.

A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved ...

Neurons produced from dementia patients' skin biopsies using stem cell technology recapitulate their synaptic dysfunction.

In 2022, scientists examined the brains of 22 stranded marine mammals and found something astonishing: Alzheimer's-like ...

We have seen how ketamine can work on depression and PTSD. New evidence suggests it can help with cognitive function as well, ...

Many patients with long COVID experience brain fog, but the reasons are not well understood. A new study links brain fog to a ...

Researchers have long believed that neurons rely on glucose nearly entirely for fuel. The brain’s enormous energy ...

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial role in the hearing process. Loss of otoferlin or impairment of its function ...