Wiring up the brain's trillions of circuit connections is an enormous job performed by a huge crew of molecules. Among the less understood members are circular RNAs, transcripts from DNA that assume a ...

A new study reveals how young synapses gradually mature to send chemical signals correctly — a process that can take days and depends on neural activity.

Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections ...

Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections, ...

Researchers discovered that a circular RNA is crucial for synapse development and plasticity in the mouse visual system.

Microglia acts as the first line of defense in the central nervous system, constantly scanning for pathogens and abnormalities. Scientists have now demonstrated that microglial genes associated with ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea ...

The discovery in electron micrographs of a synaptic bouton arising directly from a node of Ranvier in the motor horn of the monkey spinal cord, and of a node covered by extensions of two outer ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development ...

Fluorescently-labeled glutamate receptors in cytonemes. Credit: Kornberg lab. While virtually all cells in an animal’s body communicate with their neighbors in one way or another, many scientists ...