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

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 ...

Young and his team first confirmed that the proteins play several key roles in ensuring that synaptic vesicles which contain ...

Cellular communication between neurons within our brain is complex and busy, much like a USPS mailroom.To keep things running ...

Breakthrough research explains how brain proteins (VGLUT1) fill nerve cell sacs with glutamate, a key messenger. It details ...

The synaptic ribbon is an electron-dense structure found in hair cells and photoreceptors. The ribbon is surrounded by neurotransmitter-filled vesicles and considered to play a role in vesicle release ...

Nanoplastics can compromise intestinal integrity in mice by altering the interactions between the gut microbiome and the host, according to a paper in Nature Communications. The study explores the ...