A new study changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons that respond to learning events and control memory recall.

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully grown living brain tissue in a laboratory setting. This advancement not only opens new doors for neuroscience but also raises ...

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and permanent loss of nerve cells in the brain. The breakdown causes memory loss, ...

A copper-based compound restored the brain’s ability to clear toxic Alzheimer’s proteins, dramatically reducing amyloid ...

How diet, early chemical contact, genetic risk, and biological sex combine to shape memory function over a lifetime remains a ...

Memory brain states may linger and influence future decisions. For example, imagine reminiscing about graduate school with a close colleague at a conference. If following this conversation you are ...

Traumatic experiences can cause memory problems, and estrogen may be a key factor that shapes the brain's resilience against ...

Ramirez is an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University. When philosophers imagined the ship of Theseus, they asked: Can a vessel that has all its planks replaced ...

When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first illuminated the brain cells that stored a particular memory, it felt like watching a thought flicker back to life. We stimulated a constellation of neurons ...

Monash University researchers have found in laboratory experiments that a drug that delivers copper to the brain ...