New research from Oregon Health & Science University for the first time reveals the function of a little-understood junction between cells in the brain that could have important treatment implications ...

Researchers developed a new PET tracer capable of measuring synapse loss after spinal cord injury, offering insights into both spinal and brain changes.

A new PET tracer can provide insights into how spinal cord injuries affect not only the spinal cord, but also the brain, ...

Late-life depression is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, in particular because it accelerates progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia. How this happens remains largely ...

Synapses are the power junctions that allow living creatures to function. Popularly associated with learning and memory, they play a more fundamental role in our existence by regulating everything ...

Neurobiologists have uncovered the long-sought-after mechanisms behind the maintenance and decline of key synapses implicated in brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The researchers identified ...

Former Synapse Brokerage CEO Jeffrey Stanley allegedly “failed to reasonably supervise” his company’s cash management program ...

Researchers have constructed a new detailed map of the three-dimensional terrain of a synapse -- the junction between neurons which are critical for communication in the brain and nervous system. The ...

The Emerging Investigator Series by the journal Materials Horizons features outstanding work by young researchers in the ...

Jeffrey Stanley and Mark Paverman have been charged with mismanaging Synapse Brokerage accounts and failing to preserve ...