The brain integrates and processes sensory inputs to generate motor outputs appropriate for the survival of the organism. This transformation of information is carried out by cascades of synapses, ...

Kainate receptors are a family of glutamate-gated ion channels that have diverse roles in modulating both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission from a variety of pre- and postsynaptic sites ...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications ...

Late-life depression is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, in particular because it accelerates progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. How this happens remains largely ...

The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) is pleased to award the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award to Erin Schuman for her breakthrough related to the function and plasticity of ...

Loss of synapses and synapse function sit at the heart of a number of diseases, not just neurodegenerative examples such as dementia and Parkinson's disease but also conditions such as diabetes. We do ...