An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

In acute pain, IA increases – acting like a natural sedative for the pain pathways – but in chronic pain, this current ...

Researchers at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University discovered that hippocampal place cells in ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

The Synaptic Physiology laboratory, led by Juan Lerma at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of ...

The team’s findings showed that these neuronal predecessors are indeed present in the hippocampus throughout adulthood, ...

Now, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet say they’ve found the clearest answer yet. They report the discovery of ...

Scientists discovered that the brain keeps making new neurons even in adulthood, offering hope for brain health treatments.

The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

There’s still a lot we don’t know about the brain, but so far experts have agreed that our thoughts, feelings and behavior ...