FeaturedNeuroscience·February 28, 2023·3 min readStudying Brain Oscillations to Understand What Makes a Memory StickMemory formation requires higher-frequency ripples in the hippocampus and lower-frequency ripples in the parietal cortex. However, to make a memory stick, coordinated high-frequency ripples between the hippocampus and parietal cortex are required.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 18, 2023·2 min readIn Vivo Synaptic Dynamics in Various Memory StatesResearchers have identified the in-vivo dynamics of synapses that underlie fear memory formation and extinction in the living brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 9, 2023·6 min readZone of Uncertainty Enables the Brain to Rapidly Form New MemoriesResearchers explore how a little-understood brain area called the zona incerta communicates with the neocortex to rapidly control memory formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 28, 2022·4 min readCell Organization in the Hippocampus Matters for Memory FormationFear memories are formed when cells in the hippocampus form discrete clusters and sleep is important to the stability of these clusters.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 18, 2022·7 min readObserving Memory Formation in Real TimeStudy reveals how motor memories are formed and how they remain persistent. The findings may help illuminate the root cause of motor disorders like Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 10, 2019·3 min readResearch sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memoriesDuring memory formation, the directional coupling between the neocortex and hippocampus alters. Decreased power in brain oscillations in the neocortex preceded and predicted increased power in the hippocampus. The reverse occurs during memory retrieval.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·July 2, 2019·4 min readA NEAT discovery about memoryNEAT1, a noncoding RNA appears to play a significant role in memory formation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 25, 2018·5 min readJust a Few Drinks Can Change How Memories Are FormedResearchers report alcohol hijacks a conserved memory pathway in the brain and alters protein expressed in neurons, forming craving that fuel addiction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 9, 2018·3 min readMemory Brainwaves Look the Same in Sleep and WakefulnessA new study reports the brain mechanisms responsible for triggering memory are identical, whether a person is awake or asleep.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 23, 2018·5 min readHow Experience Changes Basics of Memory FormationResearchers report animals with previous conditioned experiences form memories using different plasticity mechanisms to naive subjects, even if they are about to learn the same thing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 8, 2018·5 min readThe Molecular Mechanisms Behind Memory FormationResearchers have identified a cellular pathway that encodes memories by strengthening specific neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 7, 2017·2 min readA New Learning Rule for Memory Formation and Storage RevealedA new study questions traditional views of how memories are formed and stored in the brain. Additionally, researchers propose a new mechanism for learning.Read More
