Scientists have uncovered a crucial pathway that links brain cell activity to the activation of genes responsible for ...

"Interestingly, synapses that undergo changes also affect ... or remove irrelevant information—the basis for learning and ...

Then, in the 1940s, Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb proposed that, when neurons encoded memories, connections, called synapses, between coactivated memory, or engram, cells were strengthened—a ...

Neuroscientists have identified the physical locations where memories are stored in the brain. But would that enable us to retrieve memories from someone who has died?

Researchers have studied how prenatal cannabis exposure affects brain development and cognitive functions, including memory ...

A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

Exercise releases neurotransmitters like endorphins; dopamine, part of the brain's reward system; norepinephrine, which can ...

They found that KIBRA rescues mechanisms that promote the resilience of synapses. "Interestingly, KIBRA restored synaptic function and memory in mice, despite not fixing the problem of toxic tau ...

The brain uses ions, chemicals and water to make its calculations and store 'memory' whereas artificial computers use electrons in their operation. The emerging field of nanofluidic computing, also ...