Recent studies of long-term motor memory have pointed out the involvement of synaptic plasticity at multiple sites in the cerebellum, but the physiological mechanism remains unclear. Now results from a collaboration of researchers ...
Mar 26, 2015
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Teens who were heavy marijuana users - smoking it daily for about three years—had an abnormally shaped hippocampus and performed poorly on long-term memory tasks, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Mar 12, 2015
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Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a mechanism that causes long-term memory loss due to age in Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a widely recognized substitute for human memory ...
Mar 3, 2015
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A study by scientists from the Gladstone Institutes shows that decreasing the number of A2A adenosine receptors in a particular type of brain cells called astrocytes improved memory in healthy mice. What's more, reducing ...
Jan 26, 2015
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Want to ace that test tomorrow? Here's a tip: Put down the coffee and hit the sack.
Jan 23, 2015
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A new study has identified genes involved in long-term memory in the worm as part of research aimed at finding ways to retain cognitive abilities during aging.
Jan 22, 2015
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"Can he hear me?" family members are desperate to know when a loved one with a traumatic brain injury is in a coma.
Jan 22, 2015
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Older adults who have greater heart and lung health also have better memory recall and cognitive capabilities. The study, which appears online in the Journal of Gerontology, examines the relationship between cardiorespiratory ...
Dec 22, 2014
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New UCLA research indicates that lost memories can be restored. The findings offer some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Dec 19, 2014
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Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that provides insight into the variable impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on long-term memory. The article, "Working memory capacity links cognitive reserve ...
Dec 1, 2014
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