A Protein Couple Controls Flow of Information into the Brain’s Memory Center Researchers identify how two specific proteins affect connections between neurons and neurotransmission into the hippocampus.
Stress Hormones Promote Brain’s Building of Negative Memories Researchers report cortisol can strengthen negative memories.
Doctors Have Ethical Obligation to Educate, Protect Athletes from Concussion The AAN states doctors have an ethical obligation to educate and protect athletes from sports concussions.
Restoring Active Memory Program Poised to Launch DARPA selects two universities to assist with its RAM program, which aims to develop a wireless, implantable neuroprosthetic to help those with TBI to overcome memory deficits.
Potential Drug Target for PTSD Prevention Researchers identify a drug which appears to make memories of fearsome events less durable in mice.
Bad Learning Researchers discover a new form of neurotransmission which influences the long term memory created by addictive drugs.
Early Life Stress Can Leave Lasting Impacts on the Brain A new study reports stresses experienced in early life could change areas of the brain responsible for learning, memory and emotional processing.
Study Finds Learning by Repetition Impairs Recall of Details Researchers discover that while repetition enhances the factual content of memories, it also reduces the amount of details stored.
Portable Brain Mapping Device Allows Researchers to See Where Memory Fails Student Veterans Using a portable brain mapping device, researchers discover limited prefrontal cortex activity among student veterans with PTSD when asked to recall information from simple memory tasks.
Blocking Brain’s ‘Internal Marijuana’ May Trigger Early Alzheimer’s Deficits Amyloid beta has been implicated in blocking endocannabinoids in the hippocampus; impairing learning and memory long before Alzheimer's plaques form in the brain.
Fight or Flight Chemical Prepares Cells to Shift Brain from Subdued to Alert Astrocytes can monitor and respond to near by neural activity when activated by norepinephrine.
Clever Suppression in the Brain New research suggest diversity of inhibiting neurons allows for more complex information processing.
Rescue of Alzheimers Memory Deficit Achieved by Reducing Excessive Inhibition Researchers discover a potential new drug target for Alzheimer's disease.
Tangled Path of Alzheimer’s Linked Brain Cells Mapped in Mice Researchers have mapped cholinergic neurons, the first type of cells to degenerate in people with Alzheimer's disease.
