Silent synapses are dormant neural connections that hold untapped brain potential. Discover how ketamine, exercise, and other ...

It is through the development, activation, and modification of ... signals that encourage the creation of an action potential by the next neuron; inhibitory synapses work against it.

This important computational study investigates homeostatic plasticity mechanisms that neurons may employ to achieve and maintain stable target activity patterns. The work extends previous analyses of ...

Research identifies MDGA2- BDNF/TrkB-dependent mechanism that may point to therapeutic approaches for autism spectrum ...

Drugs that "switch on" vitamin A in the body may also help stave off conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND ... the specific receptors necessary to activate vitamin A may be therapeutic ...

or perception of activation, of the trigeminovascular system as well as sensitization of neuronal pathways that drive trigeminovascular activation. Therefore, drug targets that act in the brain ...

In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a new study.

Researchers from the Slovak Academy of Sciences investigated the impact of maternal immune activation (MIA ... inflammation significantly impairs neuronal excitability. These changes in brain ...