"Over 125 years ago, Camillo Golgi discovered a net-like structure of extracellular molecules that covers the surface of some neurons," Sontheimer said. "He called these structures perineuronal nets ...

The latticework of extracellular protein that surrounds brain cells forms a particularly dense mesh around fast-spiking interneurons. Why do these cells need such thick coats? In the July 17 Nature ...

Kristian Lensjø has taken a PhD at the University of Oslo investigating the mechanisms of learning and memory. His work has contributed to the understand if the role of the perineuronal nets. The ...

How the brain is able to store memories over long periods of time has been a persistent mystery to neuroscientists. In a new study, researchers from the Centre for Integrative Neuroplasticity (CINPLA) ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the cerebellum influence social behavior. The study demonstrates that disruption ...

Inside mouse mothers’ hearing center, parvalbumin interneurons (PVin, magenta) are surrounded by perineuronal nets (PNNs, green). Upon hearing crying pups, mice with PVin lacking the MECP2 protein ...

New target to prevent Alzheimer's patients forgetting loved ones New research has found that the loss of social memory – recognizing friends and family – in Alzheimer's disease (AD) could come down to ...