Two types of neurons in the hippocampus either store memories for sugar or drive fat cravings, shaping food intake and ...

Summary: A new study reveals that insufficient vitamin K may harm brain health and memory as we age. In rodent models, a ...

Hippocampal neurons keep track of the animal's location by firing at specific locations, thus forming a cognitive map of the environment. Animals use this map to navigate in space while updating it ...

Scientists have long thought that babies can’t form experiential memories. Turns out, they can. Adults just can’t remember them.

A study of young adults in Spain found that those who engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity tend to have larger ...

The hippocampal formation is a group of brain regions, including the hippocampus and some other structures closely connected to it. This set of brain regions is known to support various important ...

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked, and the associated neuron made to fire, by a direct stimulus such as ...

New research from the University of Chicago challenges long-held beliefs about how synaptic plasticity contributes to memory ...

Why is sleep so important for learning and memory? Neuroscientists from the Csicsvari group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) provided new insight into this essential function ...

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for the discovery of "place cells": neurons in the hippocampus that activate only when an animal is at a certain spot in a room, called the "place field." ...