Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

Advancements could enhance perceptual capabilities in robotics. Artificially engineered biological processes, such as ...

Scientists have pinpointed a brain circuit that, when activated, reduces anxiety without impairing memory. Using ...

Researchers at UC Davis have achieved total chemical synthesis of the psychoactive compound ibogaine and its analogs from ...

In this example, one neuron (blue) receives constant input ... due to the presence of inhibitory synapses between the red and blue neurons. More importantly, the synaptic connections tend to ...

Neurons balance energy efficiency by regulating protein synthesis based on molecular properties like stability and size.

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers found that the neuronal energy conservation program determines the location and ...

The model calculations in the present study show that proteins are therefore preferably synthesized in the branched, tapering ...