The striatum functions critically in movement control and habit formation. The development and function of cortical input to the striatum are thought to be regulated by activity-dependent plasticity ...

Silent synapses, which cannot mediate neurotransmission because they lack functional AMPARs (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptors), were discovered in the hippocampal CA1 ...

Differences in the behavior of men and women are often believed to be the result of gender roles; however, many physiological differences have been found to also play a role in these behavioral ...

A research group led by Specially appointed professor, Dr. Tatsuo Suzuki of Shinshu University School of Medicine developed a new purification protocol for Postsynaptic density (PSD) lattice, a core ...