Every thought, memory, and feeling we experience depends on trillions of tiny connection points in the brain called synapses.

Scientists used a tool called SynTrogo to edit brain circuits in mice, showing that trimming select synapses can make ...

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that selectively pruning certain synapses in the brain can paradoxically ...

Researchers have developed a cutting-edge technique that uses RNA “barcodes” to map how neurons connect, capturing thousands ...

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 ...

Cambridge researchers develop hafnium-oxide memristors to significantly reduce AI energy consumption by merging memory and ...

Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in our own brain every day: Our synapses - the junctions between nerve cells - grow strong and large during ...

Alzheimer’s may destroy memory by flipping a single molecular switch that tells neurons to prune their own connections. Researchers found that both amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same ...

Just as pruning tree branches helps them grow better, a study has found that appropriately "pruning" neural circuits in the ...

A zebra finch can fit in the palm of your hand, but its brain is doing something that looks almost unruly. Inside one part of ...