Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

For the first time, researchers have confirmed that selectively pruning certain synapses in the brain can paradoxically ...

Scientists used a tool called SynTrogo to edit brain circuits in mice, showing that trimming select synapses can make ...

Researchers have developed TD-MCL, a spiking neural network framework inspired by how infant brains grow and prune synapses. The method enables AI to learn new tasks without forgetting old ones while ...

Just as pruning tree branches helps them grow better, a study has found that appropriately "pruning" neural circuits in the ...

Welcome back to Birdbrained Science! Last time, we touched on the ‘bird’ aspect with migration and today, we’ll cover some brain stuff — let’s talk about pruning. However it happens, we know that once ...