Adult neurogenesis, in which new neurons are generated within the hippocampus in the fully developed adult brain, occurs in mice—but how new neurons are functionally integrated into existing brain circuitry has remained ...
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Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain's biological complexity allows it to lay down new memories without wiping out old ones—illustrating how the brain maintains ...
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Scientists have long known that the protein tau is involved in dementia, but how it hinders cognitive function has remained uncertain. In a study published in the journal Neuron, researchers at the Gladstone Institutes reveal ...
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Can't remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers have identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different times of day and tracked how it causes mice to be more forgetful ...
Dec 18, 2019
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The scene plays out like a horrifying movie. A woman wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea how she got there, or even who she is. For another patient down the hall, things are even worse—he can recall his past, but can ...
Jun 7, 2016
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Oxford and Imperial researchers have mapped how the structure of existing memories is reorganized as new experiences are committed to memory in mice.
Feb 19, 2021
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Synapses, connecting the neurons in our brains, continuously encode new memories, but the ability to form new memories ("learning") diminishes drastically for many of us as we get older.
Oct 3, 2016
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Nerve cells in the brain demand an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections for communicating with other nerve cells. In Alzheimer's disease, the ability to make energy is compromised, and the connections ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain's ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them, according to University of Montreal researchers at the Centre ...
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We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar with a particular task, like cooking for example, learning a new recipe is much easier than it was when we were a novice. New research ...
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