Exploring how the human brain stores and preserves information
Research into how the human brain stores information could lead to treatments for people who struggle with everyday tasks.
May 6, 2024
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Research into how the human brain stores information could lead to treatments for people who struggle with everyday tasks.
May 6, 2024
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Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered how brain cells responsible for working memory—the type required to remember a phone number long enough to dial it—coordinate intentional focus and short-term storage of information. ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Leeds and Lancaster University in the UK have identified a new potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease—PDE4B. Their work is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.
Mar 26, 2024
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Individuals with mild cognitive impairment, especially of the "amnestic subtype" (aMCI), are at increased risk for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease relative to cognitively healthy older adults. Now, a study co-authored ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have found that the Snhg11 gene is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus. Experiments with mice and human tissues revealed that the gene ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Ongoing work by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers into how aspartame affects the brain has linked the artificial sweetener with learning and memory deficits in mice.
Sep 18, 2023
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A quarter-century ago, researchers discovered that adults, not just developing infants, can generate new brain cells, a process called neurogenesis. But it's still not clear what role these new neurons play in health or disease.
Aug 23, 2023
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Prospection refers to people's internal mental representations of future events and the pre-experience of these prospective events. It is very important for planning future actions and motivating hedonic behavior. Empirical ...
Jun 8, 2023
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A major review of research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and the University of Southampton, on behalf of the European ADHD Guidelines Group (EAGG), found little ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Laser light therapy has been shown to be effective in improving short term memory in a study published in Science Advances.
Dec 2, 2022
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