New techniques shed light on how brain landscapers prune unnecessary synapses
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, or OPCs (the purple and green spots above), prune unnecessary synapses (the silver streaks) in the brain's ...
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Treatments that maintain healthy synapses may help prevent and alleviate symptoms of prion disease
Differentiation of human iPSCs into cortical pyramidal neurons via dual SMAD inhibition. Credit: Stem Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.08.010 Genetic ...
Research suggests that neurons protect and preserve certain information through a dedicated area of stable synapses
Layer 5 pyramidal neuron imaged in vivo by two-photon microscopy. The oblique dendritic domain (pink) contains stable synapses and the ...
Study reveals how neighboring synapses coordinate their response to plasticity signals
The plasticity of spines depends on the number of neighboring spines that potentiate each other; the size and spatial distribution ...
Scientists discover potential way to repair damaged synapses in Alzheimer’s disease
The art describes the recovery of functional plasticity at the synapses of neurons despite Tau protein-induced toxicity in the brain. ...
