High Resolution Brain Imaging Provides Clues to Age Related Memory Loss
The decline of signalling in the anterolateral entorhinal cortex has been linked to memory loss associated with aging, a new neuroimaging study reveals.... Read More...
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The Molecular Mechanisms Behind Memory Formation
Researchers have identified a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific neurons.... Read More...
How the Brain Selectively Remembers New Places
MIT researchers have identified a brain network that allows the brain to record memories of new places.... Read More...
How a Seahorse Shaped Brain Structure May Help Us Recognize Others
Harvard researchers report social recognization is regulated by oxytocin sensitive neurons in a region of the hippocampus.... Read More...
The Rhythm of Memory
A new Nature Communications study sheds light on how the brain processes information relevant to memory.... Read More...
Dietary Supplement Dampens Brain Hyperexcitability Seen in Epilepsy
Researchers were able to dampen hyperexcitability associated with seizure disorders in rodent models by inducing biochemical alterations with glucosamine, a dietary supplement.... Read More...
Stress Has Dramatically Different Effects on Male and Female Brains: Mouse Study
Researchers from Rockefeller University have identified what they claim to be 'remarkable' differences between the way the male and female brains respond to stress. ... Read More...
Breaking Memory Circuits With Marijuana
New research reveals the dynamics of neural circuits under the influence of cannabinoids.... Read More...
Bone Derived Hormone Reverses Age Related Memory Loss: Mouse Study
Researchers report boosting levels of osteocalcin in the blood may help reverse age related memory loss in mice.... Read More...
New Connections Sprout Between Alzheimer’s and the Immune System
Study offers insight into the link between the immune system and the development of Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...
Stopping the Brain’s Memory Circuits From Overheating
Researchers use optogenetics to study impairment to the CA2 region of the hippocampus.... Read More...
The Rhythm That Makes Memories Permanent
Sharp wave ripples, brain waves important for memory consolidation, are influenced by synaptic inhibition, researchers report.... Read More...