This destructive act is important for the developing brain. The microglia prune away weak or unwanted connections, allowing more productive ones to become stronger. Without this “synaptic pruning,” a ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience ...

This explainer outlines how neurons and glial cells coordinate electrical and chemical signals to form complex brain networks that govern thought, behavior, and consciousness. It also explores how ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience ...

A study on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) reveals that immune cells, specifically macrophages, play a critical role in ...

while those that are not used grow weaker and disappear in a process called synaptic pruning. With age, many of a brain’s original neurons (possibly more than half) are themselves programmed to ...

A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological ...

Microglial dysfunction has been implicated in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but limited access to human brain tissue posed ...

UNIGE scientists have identified a brain circuit that may be at the root of the social difficulties experienced by ...

Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.

“In the [fly brain], if you block the ecdysone signaling within [other ... Although these neurons remodeled independently of ecdysone, these cells underwent neurite pruning after the release of the ...