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 ...

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." ...

"And as I found this one, I found many others later on, and basically it was very clear that in an area called the hippocampus that is known to be critical for memory, we have neurons that ...

Researchers at Zhejiang University found that acute stress increases natural repair mechanisms in the brain, while chronic ...

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

Researchers from the Slovak Academy of Sciences investigated the impact of maternal immune activation (MIA) on hippocampal pyramidal neurons in newborn rat offspring and found that prenatal ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have found that the birth of new brain cells in adults plays a key role in verbal ...

New structural markers of memory storage uncovered by Scripps Research may pave the way for new treatments for memory loss.