News tagged with synapse formation

Scientists uncover new mechanism of memory formation

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a mechanism that plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. The findings shed substantial new light on aspects of how memory ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Drug substitutes for training in rats, inducing a memory of safety

Researchers have found a way to pharmacologically induce a memory of safety in the brain of rats, mimicking the effect of training. The finding suggests possibilities for new treatments for individuals suffering ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers visualize formation of a new synapse

A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of UC Davis researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1