They are the most common neuron found in mammalian bodies. Neuron Function Synapses Neural synapses are junctions between neurons that permit neural communication. Synapses come in two different forms ...

At excitatory synapses in the cerebral cortex, the most numerous synapses in our brain, the presynaptic nerve ending contains several tens to a few hundreds of synaptic vesicles filled with the ...

A study from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz found that fruit flies raised at lower temperatures develop more neural ...

Microscopy images show fluorescently stained mouse brains expressing genes that cause Alzheimer’s disease. Compared with an ...

Neural activity determines which synapses are preserved; those frequently used become stronger, while inactive ones weaken and are marked for removal. Microglia, the brain’s immune cells ...

Early menopause and poor brain-connection health may interact to increase Alzheimer's disease risk in women, a study found.