The standard systems consolidation account posits that recently formed memories are
initially dependent on the hippocampus and only gradually become instantiated in …

AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are ionotropic glutamate receptors that play a major role in
excitatory neurotransmission. AMPARs are located at both presynaptic and postsynaptic …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with an unclear pathophysiology. Increased
expression of the immune gene C4 has been linked to a greater risk of developing …

Contaminated water and food are the main sources of lead, cadmium, and mercury in the
human body. Long-term and low-level ingestion of these toxic heavy metals may affect brain …

Dendritic spines are the postsynaptic compartment of a neuronal synapse and are critical for
synaptic connectivity and plasticity. A developmental precursor to dendritic spines, dendritic …

Neuronal activity propagates through the network during seizures, engaging brain dynamics
at multiple scales. Such propagating events can be described through the avalanches …

Schizophrenia is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder affecting around 19. 8 million
people worldwide. The etiology of the disorder is due to many interacting genetic and …

The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric and
neurodevelopmental disorders show that most of them can be categorized as …

Invaginating structures at chemical synapses in the mammalian nervous system exist in
presynaptic axon terminals, postsynaptic spines or dendrites, and glial processes. These …

Synaptic overproduction and elimination is a regular developmental event in the mammalian
brain. In the cerebral cortex, synaptic overproduction is almost exclusively correlated with …