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It's common knowledge that our brains—and, specifically, our brain cells—store memories. But a team of scientists has ...

A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our ...

New research reveals that cells outside the brain can store and process memories, challenging the view that memory is limited ...

Memories are constantly adapting in the brain over time, dynamically updating as people encounter new information and fresh ...

These devices could serve as valuable tools for biomedical research and may have potential for clinical applications in the ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a memory ...

A person's brain performs an intricate juggling act while watching a movie, a new study demonstrates. Scans showed that 24 ...

With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being ...