News tagged with neuronal synapses
Synthetic synapse mimics dynamic memory in human brain
Researchers from UCLA and Japan have designed a synthetic synapse for use in computing equipment that mimics the function of synapses in the human brain. The silver sulfide, nanoscale synapse, or "atomic switch," demonstrates ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 22, 2011 |
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New insight into how environmental enrichment enhances memory
It is well established that environmental enrichment, providing animals with rich sensory, motor, and social stimulation, produces both dramatic increases in the number of synapses in the brain and enhanced learning. However, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2011 |
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A mental retardation gene provides insights into brain formation (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered clues to memory and learning by exploring the function of a single gene that governs how neurons form new connections. The finding may also provide ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Fewer synapses equal more efficient learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neurons exchange information via special connections, the synapses. New synapses are constantly being formed, existing synapses are reinforced and redundant synapses are eliminated. Scientists ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Scientists find molecular glue needed to wire the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have found that a single molecule not only connects brain cells but also changes how we learn. The findings, reported in the December 9 issue of the journal Neuron, may he ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 08, 2010 |
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New imaging method reveals stunning details of brain connections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, applying a state-of-the-art imaging system to brain-tissue samples from mice, have been able to quickly and accurately locate and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Synapses recycle proteins for the release of neurotransmitters
Neurons communicate via chemical transmitters which they store in the bubble-like synaptic vesicles and release as required. To be able to react reliably to stimulation, neurons must have a certain number ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Helping the brain's messengers get from A to B
In what has been hailed as a breakthrough, scientists from Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College have outlined the molecular mechanism of membrane transport. The research shows how a protein ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 10, 2010 |
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New method reveals how individual nerve cells process visual input
Pioneering a novel microscopy method, neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth and colleagues from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have shown that individual neurons carry out significant aspects of sensory processing: ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Researchers find how brain hears the sound of silence (w/ Video)
A team of University of Oregon researchers have isolated an independent processing channel of synapses inside the brain's auditory cortex that deals specifically with shutting off sound processing at appropriate ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Memory molecule, deja vu
A second high-profile paper in as many months has found an important role in learning and memory for calpain, a molecule whose academic fortunes have ebbed and flowed for 25 years.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Study May Explain How A Well-Known Epilepsy and Pain Drug Works
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University Medical Center researcher who spent years looking for the signals that prompt the brain to form new connections between neurons has found one that may explain precisely how a well-known ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Neurons found to be similar to Electoral College
A tiny neuron is a very complicated structure. Its complex network of dendrites, axons and synapses is constantly dealing with information, deciding whether or not to send a nerve impulse, to drive a certain action.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Fragile period of childhood brain development could underlie epilepsy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A form of partial epilepsy associated with auditory and other sensory hallucinations has been linked to the disruption of brain development during early childhood, according to a study led ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 23, 2009 |
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