Nature has developed a unique structure as a scaffold for almost all nerve cells: the membrane-associated periodic skeleton ...

A massive, multi-year project led by over 150 scientists has produced the most detailed map yet of how visual information ...

Motor improvements in SMA adults treated with Spinraza paralleled a boost in electrical impulses along nerves that supply ...

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Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal ...

Shedding light on how the brain fine-tunes its wiring during learning, a new study finds that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow ...