The regulation of neuronal excitability and the maintenance of an appropriate balance between excitation and inhibition are central to brain function. Inhibitory synaptic transmission, predominantly ...

SISSA Colloquium returns on Monday, October  20th, at 2 PM in Aula Magna Budinich. This time, we will have the pleasure of hosting Professor Gábor Tamás (University of Szeged, Hungary) who will ...

Research Team at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences develops novel protocol for studying isolated pairs of hippocampal neurons. Dedicated work honoured by cover page in Bio-protocol ...

Studying the complex interactions between synaptic nerve endings as well as their development has now become much easier. Thanks to a method developed by scientists of the Karl Landsteiner University ...

Researchers have reported a nano-sized neuromorphic memory device that emulates neurons and synapses simultaneously in a unit cell, another step toward completing the goal of neuromorphic computing ...

(a) Schematic diagram of a biological neural network and (b) circuit schematic of an artificial neural network implemented in hardware using an artificial neuromorphic device. (c) Experimental results ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully recorded synaptic transmission between neurons in a live animal by using a cutting-edge method to stimulate neurons with light. Neurons, the cells of ...

How do people think, feel, remember, and move? These processes rely on synaptic transmission, where chemical signals are passed between nerve cells using molecular structures called vesicles.

Synaptic pruning is the process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need. This usually takes place when a person is 2–10 years old. The brain contains millions of neurons ...