The progression of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood, but new research may have found how the plaques that cause it ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they ...

Taking more than 5,000 steps each day could significantly slow cognitive decline and the build-up of proteins associated with ...

Instant synapse visualization with our fluorescence probe. A diagram showing that the fluorescent probe can visualize AMPA receptors on synapses by sprinkling. There are few scientific methods more ...

Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

However, not all cholesterol is harmful. High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or good cholesterol, brings excess cholesterol out ...