However, it is unclear how the brain could implement these many-neuron couplings at a hypothetical synapse, since conventional synapses only connect two neurons: a presynaptic cell and a postsynaptic ...

Abstract. Neuron–astrocyte associative memory. Astrocytes, the most abundant type of glial cell, play a fundamental role in memory. Despite most hippocampal synapses being contacted by an astrocyte, ...

This article describes how machine-learning tools were used to design novel protein inhibitors that proved effective against snake-venom toxins in mice.

Astrocytes modulate synaptic strength. This effect occurs, reports a new paper, because ATP-dependent vesicular release of astrocytic glutamate acts on presynaptic neuronal NMDA receptors to ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.