FeaturedNeuroscience·June 4, 2025·4 min readBrain Uses Separate Synapses to Balance Learning and StabilityNew research has overturned a long-held belief in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses separate synaptic transmission sites for spontaneous and evoked signaling. Traditionally thought to share the same origin, these two forms of communication actually emerge from distinct sites, each following its own developmental path.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 2, 2025·6 min readInhibitory Neurons May Hold the Key to Spatial Learning and MemoryA new study explores how the brain quickly learns and remembers important locations by focusing not on excitatory neurons, but on inhibitory ones called parvalbumin interneurons (PVs). These PVs act like circuit breakers, briefly reducing their activity to allow learning-related neurons to strengthen connections. Using optogenetics and virtual reality mazes in mice, researchers found that learning was blocked when PV inhibition didn’t decrease at the right time.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 31, 2025·6 min readNight Owls Face Faster Cognitive DeclinePeople who naturally stay up late, so-called "night owls", are more likely to experience faster cognitive decline than those who are early risers, according to a long-term study. Researchers found that unhealthy behaviors common in the evening, such as poor sleep, smoking, and drinking, may explain part of this risk.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 29, 2025·8 min readAstrocytes May Hold the Key to Brain’s Vast Memory CapacityNew research proposes that astrocytes—long thought to be merely supportive cells—may significantly enhance the brain’s ability to store memories. Unlike neurons, astrocytes cannot fire electrical signals but can influence synaptic activity through calcium signaling and gliotransmitters.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 25, 2025·4 min readThe Nature of Nostalgia: How Time Transforms Emotion in MemoryNew research reveals that nostalgic memories don’t remain emotionally static, they evolve over time. While these memories are typically rich in positive feelings at the time they occur, those feelings tend to fade, making space for rising negative emotions like regret and loneliness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 21, 2025·6 min readHow the Brain Stores and Edits MemoriesA new scientific review maps the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind memory formation, consolidation, generalization, and updating—revealing how memories are stored, altered, and even manipulated in the brain. Key breakthroughs now allow scientists to visualize and activate specific neurons involved in memory, offering deeper insight into how learning occurs and how fear memories may become overgeneralized in disorders like PTSD.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 21, 2025·4 min readNew Alzheimer’s Drug Boosts Brain Protection, Restores MemoryResearchers have identified a promising drug candidate, DDL-357, that improves memory in Alzheimer’s mouse models by increasing levels of a protective brain protein called clusterin (CLU). CLU helps prevent the buildup of toxic amyloid-beta plaques and tau proteins, both key drivers of Alzheimer’s disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·May 20, 2025·4 min readColor Knowledge Tied to Language-Visual Brain CircuitryA new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects—like a banana’s typical color—depends on strong connections between visual and language-processing areas of the brain. Researchers found that stroke patients with disrupted neural pathways between these regions had weaker object-color knowledge and altered brain activity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 20, 2025·5 min readBrain’s Gatekeepers Remember Signals to Shape Long-Term MemorySummary: A new study reveals how calcium ion channels in the brain don’t just relay signals—they remember them. Researchers discovered...Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 19, 2025·3 min readWhen Sight Meets Sound: How the Brain Binds Audiovisual MemoriesOur brains don’t just remember what we see and hear, they fuse the two into cohesive memories. A new study reveals that when visual and auditory speech cues are synchronized, they trigger rhythmic brain activity that strengthens memory formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 19, 2025·7 min readRewiring Memory: A New Model That Learns Like a Human BrainA new memory model called Input-Driven Plasticity (IDP) offers a more human-like explanation for how external stimuli help us retrieve memories, building on the foundations of the classic Hopfield network. Unlike traditional models, which assume memory recall happens from a fixed starting point, the IDP framework describes how stimuli reshape the brain’s “energy landscape” in real time to guide memory retrieval.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 18, 2025·4 min readLight Exercise Boosts Memory via Dopamine and NoradrenalineNew research reveals that even light exercise, like jogging or yoga, activates key neurotransmitter systems that enhance memory by stimulating the hippocampus. In a rat model mimicking human exercise, scientists found that dopamine and noradrenaline levels increased in the hippocampus during low-intensity activity.Read More
