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·March 16, 2016·6 min read

Memories Lost to Alzheimer’s Can Be Found

Using optogenetics, researchers have successfully retrieved 'missing' memories in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

Image shows granuel cells in a mouse dentate gyrus.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 10, 2016·5 min read

Adult Born Granule Cells Critical For Memory Formation

Adult born granule cells appear to play a key role in memory encoding, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 12, 2016·3 min read

Regulating Neural Networks to Preserve Memory

Using optogenetics, researchers target hippocampal neurons and demonstrate it is possible to inhibit or resurface a memory.

Image shows granual cells in the dentate gyrus of a rat.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·February 6, 2016·4 min read

How the Brain Builds Place Memories

Researchers have succeeded in activating dormant memory cells in rats.

Image of a brain with the hippocampus and parietal lobe highlighted.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 27, 2015·4 min read

Creating Mental Maps: Learning Routes Alters Brain Tissue

Learning detailed navigational information causes hippocampal changes, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·September 23, 2015·5 min read

Brain Circuit Critical in Forming Episodic Memory Identified

Researchers identify a neural circuit that connects the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex, which is responsible for encoding episodic memory.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 28, 2015·5 min read

The Power of Positive Memory Recall

According to new research, stress induced depression may be overcome by inducing neurons which were activated during previous positive experiences.

This image shows a hippocampal brain slice.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2015·4 min read

Researchers Discover Part of the Brain that Deciphers Memory from Novel Experience

According to a new study, two parts of the hippocampus work together to identify is a stimulus is novel or familiar.

This is a generic image of neurons and synapses.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 3, 2015·3 min read

Hippocampal Circuit Abnormalities Linked to Learning Difficulties in Down Syndrome

A new study sheds light into a possible cause of learning difficulties in Down syndrome.

This image shows neurons in the nucleus accumbens.

Featured Psychology

·June 17, 2015·6 min read

Reverse Depression by Recalling Happier Memories

Researchers use optogenetics to reactivate happy memories and curb symptoms of depression.

This is a drawing of the hippocampus with CA3, CA1 and the DG labeled.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·March 30, 2015·3 min read

Building Block for Memory and Learning Identified

Researchers discover a key receptor which is responsible for activating opposing forms of plasticity in the hippocampus.

This image shows neurons in the dentate gyrus.

Featured Genetics

·October 1, 2014·4 min read

Drug Treats Inherited Form of Intellectual Disability in Mice

Researchers report they have used an anti cancer drug to improve mental function in mice with genetic changes similar to those found in Kabuki syndrome.

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dentate gyrus

Memories Lost to Alzheimer’s Can Be Found

Adult Born Granule Cells Critical For Memory Formation

Regulating Neural Networks to Preserve Memory

How the Brain Builds Place Memories

Creating Mental Maps: Learning Routes Alters Brain Tissue

Brain Circuit Critical in Forming Episodic Memory Identified

The Power of Positive Memory Recall

Researchers Discover Part of the Brain that Deciphers Memory from Novel Experience

Hippocampal Circuit Abnormalities Linked to Learning Difficulties in Down Syndrome

Reverse Depression by Recalling Happier Memories

Building Block for Memory and Learning Identified

Drug Treats Inherited Form of Intellectual Disability in Mice

Hearing Aids Linked to 23% Lower Dementia Risk in Epilepsy

Reading Is the Ultimate Cognitive Enhancer

Dual Brain-Machine Interfaces Unlock Bionic Hand Kinesthesia

Overcoming Endothelial Sorting to Cure Glioblastoma

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