A new model suggests that astrocytes might be used in computation, coordinating with neurons and connecting synapses in ...

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was the first to suggest that synapses might be the key to memory formation, way back in the 1890s. Ramón y Cajal used a technique developed by Italian scientist Camillo ...

New research suggests the brain uses a learning rule at inhibitory synapses to block out distractions during memory replay.

For years neuroscientists have focused on the brain’s neurons as its principal creators of memory and thought. But what if ...

“For 35 years, the predominant dogma was that memory decline is mediated predominantly by loss of dendritic spine, which are a surrogate for synapses. As we age from 40 through 85, there is natural ...

The basis of memory is the synapse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Memory is one of the building blocks of the brain.

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and ...

Researchers found that up to 80% of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus—a critical structure for learning and memory—of newborns may be silent, compared to fewer than 30% in adulthood.

“You could enhance a memory that had almost but not quite gone,” Sacktor says. “That had never been seen before.” This was unexpected because indiscriminately strengthening synapses should ...