Overexpression of an activity-dependent protein, CPG15, in Xenopus tectal cells promotes growth of tectal dendrites and retinal axons, and may coordinate their development.

News & Views Published: August 2000 Neuroligation: building synapses around the neurexin–neuroligin link Anuradha Rao, Kimberly J. Harms & Ann Marie Craig Nature Neuroscience 3, 747–749 (2000 ...

A key feature that appears to facilitate neuroplasticity is the distinct nature of neurons compared to other cells.

Dendrites distance from soma less than 100 μm is defined as proximal dendrites, otherwise as distal dendrites (Hu et al., 2014). Axonal compartments of B13a.CNG.swc in the same brain area is adopted ...

Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute have discovered that in the cerebral cortex, synaptic signal ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

New research shows that low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can restore key synaptic structures in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.

A biphasic structural plasticity rule interacts with homeostatic synaptic scaling to maintain firing rate homeostasis in neural networks.

EPB axon: “en passant boutons” are small bead-like structures along axons typically connecting distal regions. view more Credit: B. Fulopova (Queen’s University).