Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients' skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the ...

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne's Institute of Biochemistry has made a decisive discovery about the ...

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing.

A new study reveals connections between two widely used models of the disease, with findings that may reshape how scientists approach treatment. If there is one fact about Alzheimer’s disease that ...

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 ...

Endophilin A1 at postsynaptic sites promotes inhibitory postsynaptic organization through interaction with gephyrin to maintain E/I balance, which is essential for the suppression of epilepsy ...

A research team has identified a molecular mechanism that coordinates the operation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor, which is key to regulating excitatory synapse function in the ...

University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien, a leading expert on retinal neuroscience, has received $2.6 million from the National Eye Institute to continue more than 20 years of ...

Establishment of neural circuits is a tightly regulated process coordinated by a series of cellular and molecular mechanisms. Within the neural circuitry electrical and chemical information is ...