As summarized in Science, the study describes a unified “kiss-shrink-run” mechanism of synaptic transmission. This model ...

The regulation of neuronal excitability and the maintenance of an appropriate balance between excitation and inhibition are central to brain function. Inhibitory synaptic transmission, predominantly ...

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.

How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These processes involve synaptic transmission, in which chemical signals are transmitted between nerve cells using molecular containers called vesicles. Now, ...

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

Synaptic pruning is the process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need. This usually takes place when a person is 2–10 years old. The brain contains millions of neurons ...

Millisecond ‘kiss and run’ exchange – captured in a China lab on the world’s first camera equipped to do it – solves a 50-year-old debate.

A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved ...

In a study published in Science on October 17, a team led by Prof. BI Guoqiang from the University of Science and Technology of China/Shenzhen ...