In the brain, the computational operation takes place directly in the data memory and the biological synapses perform the tasks of memory and processor at the same time. In Jülich, scientists ...

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

The Chemistry of Memory: From Hippocampus to AI Long-term potentiation (LTP) in synapses relies on NMDA receptors and calcium influx. Optogenetics restored memories in Alzheimer’s mice (USC, 2020), ...

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

Short-term memory is linked to functional changes in existing synapses, while long-term memory is associated with a change in the number of synaptic connections and strengthening of the brain’s ...

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

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 ...

suggests one way is to preserve into adulthood a type of memory-forming synapse found in children. These are called silent synapses. Silent synapses—which, as their name suggests, transmit no ...

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.

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.

Over the course of life, memory fades with varying degrees, robbing older people of the ability to recollect personal experiences. This progressive, nearly inevitable process has long been ...