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·September 25, 2024·5 min read

Emotion Boosts Memory for Context

New research shows that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the long-held belief that it impairs such memory. Brain imaging and behavioral studies reveal that emotional experiences activate cross-talk between emotion-processing and recollection regions in the brain, leading to stronger memories of contextual information.

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·April 30, 2021·2 min read

Navigating the Squircle

Study reveals hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behaviors.

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·October 17, 2019·3 min read

Fundamental insight into how memory changes with age

New memories are laid down via different mechanisms in older mice compared to younger mice. Additionally, synaptic changes linked to new memory formation were harder to modify in older mice.

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·February 18, 2019·3 min read

How Animals Remember and Find Their Way Back to Food Sources

Study reveals the hippocampus may overlay existing mental maps with information about reward and hazard derived from food found in specific locations.

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·December 11, 2018·6 min read

How Returning to a Prior Context Briefly Heightens Memory Recall

After creating a memory in a context, engram cells encoding the memory in the hippocampus become more excitable when the context is repeated a short time later, researchers report.

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·February 8, 2018·5 min read

The Molecular Mechanisms Behind Memory Formation

Researchers have identified a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific neurons.

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·January 26, 2018·3 min read

Using Virtual Reality to Identify Brain Areas Involved in Memory

Researchers use virtual reality to discover how the brain assembles contextual memories.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 7, 2017·4 min read

Chemical Switch That May Decrease Schizophrenia Symptoms Discovered

Adjusting levels of KYNA can have a significant effect on schizophrenia symptoms, a new study reports.

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·June 28, 2016·4 min read

Methylene Blue Shows Promise for Improving Short Term Memory

According to researchers, a single dose of methylene blue could enhance short-term memory and attention.

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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 6, 2016·3 min read

IL-33 Ameliorates Alzheimer’s-Like Pathology and Cognitive Decline

Injections of IL-33 appear to rescue contextual memories and reduce amyloid beta deposits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·January 7, 2016·5 min read

How The Brain Distinguishes Safety From Danger

Researchers have identified a cellular circuit that helps the brain remember which environments are safe, and which pose a danger.

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·August 12, 2014·2 min read

New Study Points to a Brain Region Key to Contextual Memories

A new study points to previously understudied area of the brain as essential for forming the basis of contextual memory.