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

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

For decades, scientists have worked to peer deeper into the brain. They have wanted to see not just surface activity in the ...

"The combined amount of evidence implicates sleep in a bi-directional relationship with dementia, meaning that poor sleep earlier in life may contribute to increased risk of dementia, but also early ...

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

The human brain shrinks as it ages, affecting the ability to remember — it’s part of life. Yet there are a lucky few, called “SuperAgers,” who possess a brain that fights back. For these people, ...

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 ...

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