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·March 2, 2026·8 min read

AI Fails to Find Link Between Brain Structure and Navigation Skills

Advanced AI tools fail to find a link between the physical structure of the brain and navigation ability, challenging decades of neuroscientific assumptions.

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·February 25, 2026·8 min read

Superagers’ Brains Keep Growing New Neurons

The secret to a 20-year-old’s memory in an 80-year-old’s body. Scientists discover that superagers have "neuronally fertile" brains that never stop growing.

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·February 24, 2026·6 min read

Oxytocin Crash: Why Sleep Loss Leaves You Socially Forgetful

Forgetful after a late night? Scientists find that sleep loss "mutes" the brain's oxytocin signals, breaking the circuits that help us recognize friends and remember new faces.

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·February 18, 2026·9 min read

Mapping Technology Reveals the Brain’s Secret Protein Factories

DNA is just the beginning. A new mapping technology reveals that brain cells produce proteins at wildly different rates, providing a missing link in our understanding of neurological disease.

This illustration shows a head made up of cannabis leaves, implying the affect of cannabis on the aging brain.

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·February 16, 2026·13 min read

Moderate Cannabis Use May Protect the Aging Brain

A massive study of over 26,000 middle aged and older adults reveals that those who use cannabis in moderation have larger brain volumes and sharper cognitive skills than non-users.

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·February 12, 2026·7 min read

Memory of Food: Brain Circuits Control Appetite Through Context

Forget the "willpower" myth, new research suggests that your past experiences are the real secret to appetite control. By identifying a hidden circuit that links memory to hunger, scientists have discovered how the brain uses your environment to decide when it's time to eat, and how a "glitch" in this system leads to overeating.

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Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·January 29, 2026·5 min read

Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories

Researchers have discovered that the hippocampus isn't just for memory; it acts as a predictive model that shifts neural activity to anticipate rewards, providing new insights into Alzheimer’s.

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·December 3, 2025·7 min read

Hidden Brain Layers Revealed in Key Memory Center

Scientists have identified a previously unseen layered organization inside one of the brain’s most important memory hubs. The CA1 region of the hippocampus was found to contain four distinct bands of neuron types, each defined by unique genetic signatures that shift subtly across the structure.

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·November 26, 2025·8 min read

Brain Uses Molecular Timers to Decide What We Remember

New research shows that long-term memory is not stored by a single molecular switch, but by a sequence of timed genetic programs unfolding across different brain regions. Using a virtual-reality learning model in mice, scientists found that experiences are promoted or demoted through multiple biological “durability gates.”

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·November 24, 2025·4 min read

Stress-Like Behaviors Traced to a Single ATP Circuit in the Brain

New research reveals that reduced ATP signaling in the hippocampus plays a causal role in both depression- and anxiety-like behaviors. In stressed male mice, ATP levels and the ATP-releasing protein connexin 43 were markedly lower.

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·October 9, 2025·6 min read

Lifelong Social Bonds Keep the Aging Brain Sharp and Flexible

Rats that lived in social groups throughout their lives retained youthful memory and mental flexibility well into old age, according to new research. Even with equal physical stimulation, only socially connected rats performed as well as younger ones on complex memory tests, while isolated rats showed significant decline.

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·October 5, 2025·8 min read

Do You Get Déjà Vu? Memory Glitches Make Time Feel Repeated

Déjà vu—the eerie feeling that a new moment has happened before—has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. Neuroscientists now believe it’s a normal brain glitch tied to how memory and perception interact.