One reason to study how brain systems develop is to understand how developmental and neurodegenerative diseases sabotage them. As an example, Alzheimer researchers might want to pay attention to a new ...

Scientists are keenly studying how neurons form synapses -- the physical and chemical connections between neurons -- and the "pruning" of neural circuits during development, not least because synaptic ...

Cambridge, Mass. -- Scientists are keenly studying how neurons form synapses--the physical and chemical connections between neurons--and the "pruning" of neural circuits during development, not least ...

The binding of the compound CN2097 (yellow) to the synaptic protein PSD-95 restores healthy neural function in mice with Angelman syndrome.--Courtesy of Marshall Lab/Brown University Researchers at ...