The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

Video depiction of vesicle fusion and tethering. In the active zone in the central left of the video, docked vesicles (dark blue) fuse with the membrane, releasing their contents and being quickly ...

In the brain, highly specific connections called synapses link nerve cells and transmit electrical signals in a targeted manner. Despite decades of research, how synapses form during brain development ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category ...

The microscopic image shows a nerve cell and a magnified view of the investigated synapses. Calcium was released at these sites using a UV flash, which triggered the release of the neurotransmitter.

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.