Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics have discovered ...

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

Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...

Cell survival depends on the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—it's like the fuel that keeps our brain running.

New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way memories are recorded in ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Cell survival depends on the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - it's like the fuel that keeps our brain running.

Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

NIH-funded study uses cutting-edge imaging techniques to reconstruct features underlying learning and memory in the mouse ...

A new interpretation of the symptoms Sigmund Freud named 'Infantile Amnesia'. Research shows that the symptoms of not ...

In a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers revealed the structural underpinnings of memory formation across a broad network of neurons in the mouse brain.

A new study reveals that memory-related brain activity continues to shift even after learning, challenging traditional views ...