In the future, we might look at how they function differently in the context of MS patients." The fact that these synapses exist at all was the subject of a landmark discovery by OHSU researchers ...

An electrical impulse cannot directly cross the gap so a different mechanism has to be used. Between impulses the transmitter molecules are rapidly removed from the synaptic cleft to prevent ...

The paper is titled "Altered expression of Presenilin2 impacts endolysosomal homeostasis and synapse function in Alzheimer's disease-relevant brain circuits." Alzheimer's disease is characterized ...

Following development, synapses continue to remodel throughout life, which is important for processes like learning and memory. Given their importance in brain function, it is not surprising that ...