Learn more about the “glue sniffer” protein, which is able to detect brain cells’ incoming chemical signals, and what that ...

A new protein sensor lets researchers see incoming brain signals, revealing how neurons process information tied to memory ...

Neurons are famously fragile, yet some injured cells manage to hang on, stabilize, and even reconnect. That quiet resilience ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...

Researchers have engineered a next-generation glutamate sensor, iGluSnFR4, capable of detecting the faintest incoming ...

It detects the faintest incoming signals between neurons, the release of glutamate, the brain’s most common neurotransmitter. Published in Nature Methods, this tool finally allows researchers to watch ...

Researchers have discovered that mysterious clusters of proteins found on neurons are calcium-signaling 'hotspots' that activate gene transcription, allowing neurons to produce crucial proteins. The ...

Researchers report that neuronal activity is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this developmental process results in disrupted brain function.