Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively builds dense new clusters of synapses in specific parts of neurons. These ...

A cartoon of a synapse between two brain cells, with neurotransmitters in yellow, on a black, blue and white background. Credit: Kaori Serakaki/OIST How do we think, feel, remember, or move? These ...

The detailed mapping revealed an unexpected pattern. One specific section of the dendrite contained an unusually dense ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens. A new study by researchers in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory ...

Adolescence may be far more than a period of pruning away unused brain connections. New research suggests the teenage brain ...

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