The hippocampus is a crucial part of the brain that plays a role in memory and learning, especially in remembering directions and locations. New research from the University of Chicago shows how this ...

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Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one ...

Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things happen. But how it processes what you see—like objects or images—has been a ...

A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has identified a brain circuit ...

A Johns Hopkins University mathematician and computer scientist joined an international team of neuroscientists to create a complete map of the learning and memory center of the fruit fly larva brain, ...

For years, scientists have known that the aging brain tends to shrink, but they have struggled to explain why some people suddenly start forgetting names, appointments, or why they walked into a room.

Intranasal insulin effectively targets brain regions involved in memory and cognition, showing promise for Alzheimer and MCI treatment. Insulin uptake varied among participants, with higher uptake in ...

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Amyloid proteins are typically considered bad guys, playing front-and-center roles in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. However, for nearly two decades, the Stowers Institute in Kansas ...