High-speed AFM imaging reveals how brain enzyme forms a dodecameric ring structure

Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.
Science Daily

Dynamic DNA structures and the formation of memory

An international collaborative research team has discovered that G-quadraplex DNA (G4-DNA) accumulates in neurons and dynamically controls the activation and repression of genes underlying long-term ...

Researchers have learned the reasons for the sudden acceleration of memory loss with age

A new international study has offered a clearer understanding of how age-related brain changes affect memory. Scientists have ...
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Brain Protein’s Virus-Like Structure May Help Explain Cancer-Induced Memory Loss

The press release below was prepared by University of Utah Health. View the original. In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing ...
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Hormone Cycles Shape Function of Key Memory Regions in the Brain

Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior ...
The Conversation

Nanoscopic motor proteins in the brain build the physical structures of memory

McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. McGill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The puzzle of memory has intrigued philosophers and ...
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Brain Protein's Virus-Like Structure May Help Explain Cancer-Induced Memory Loss

In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body’s own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological ...