Scientists have long known that the hippocampus is essential for forming new memories. It helps record where and when things ...

Fruit fly study shows high-fat diets impair memory in days by jamming the brain’s cleanup system. Damage reversed when cells’ ...

Delving into the depths of the human mind, researchers are using advanced forms of brain imaging to uncover hidden memories ...

Scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which nanoplastics impair brain energy metabolism, offering new clues into environmental contributions to neurodegeneration.

College of Pharmacy Professor Jaime Ross has discovered that cognitive decline occurs in a sex-dependent manner, mirroring patterns observed in humans. Tiny fragments of plastic, known as ...

Navigating a busy street, a new city, or even your own home requires more than just memory of landmarks. Deep inside your brain, specialized networks act like a compass, constantly recalibrating so ...

A French civil servant functioned normally with 90 percent of his brain missing. How is this possible? Research reveals ...

A new study in Science now promises to kick this dust up all over again: it has reported evidence of neural progenitor cells ...

The human brain, a complex organ, consumes a significant amount of energy despite its small size. Neurons communicate rapidly, enabling quick reactions and efficient information processing. The brain ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system – known as the glymphatic system – that’s thought to be more active when we sleep ...

By working to understand how new AI systems integrate flexible and incremental learning, researchers gained insights about ...

New stem cell–based brain models from UCLA scientists show how a single epilepsy gene variant affects different brain regions ...