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Synapses

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Computing

Brain-like computer from water and salt

Amit Malewar

Process information in the same medium as the brain.

silent synapses
Science

Adult brain contains millions of ‘silent synapses,’ study

Pranjal Malewar

These immature connections may explain how the adult brain could form new memories and absorb new information.

Synaptic vesicles (blue) that harbor chemical messengers form tight clusters within cells. (Image courtesy of Dr. Yumel Wu, Yale School of Medicine)
Science

Key to brain cell communication is like oil and water

Pranjal Malewar

The nervous system depends on the firmly regulated spatial and fleeting communication that happens between neurons at specific associations called synapses. Chemical signals called...

neurons in the CA3 region of the hippocampus
Science

Study unveils molecular mechanisms of memory formation

Editorial Team

MIT neuroscientists have unveiled a cellular pathway that permits particular synapses to become stronger during memory building. The results procure the first scintilla of...

MIT Neuroscientists Build Case for New Theory of Memory Formation
Science

MIT Neuroscientists Build Case for New Theory of Memory Formation

Amit Malewar

Putting efforts towards revising memory models, MIT scientists proposed in a new study, in which they detailed how these silent engrams are formed and re-activated. Memory...

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