Copper-based drug clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins in mice, opening a promising new path to restore memory function.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez, shown working with brain samples, is exploring the science of memory manipulation.

Exposure to elevated levels of sodium fluoride might impair cognitive abilities by altering how brain cells grow and ...

A new study changes the way we understand memory. Until now, memories have been explained by the activity of brain cells called neurons that respond to learning events and control memory recall.

"Working with these mice and with our new lab tools, we were able to show that astrocytes do play a role in memory recall," said co-first author Dr. Wookbong Kwon, a postdoctoral associate in the ...

A recent meta-analysis published in the journal eLife provides evidence that applying noninvasive magnetic stimulation to a ...

One of the major cognitive changes that happens as we age is difficulty recounting details of past experiences. But two recent studies suggest that older adults’ memories may be richer than previously ...

A new model of memory — and a little-heralded type of brain cell — might explain why the human brain has such a huge storage capacity, researchers reported in the journal PNAS in May. The study looks ...

In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: keeping a simulated pole balanced upright. The ...

We often think of memories like the contents of a museum: static exhibits that we view to understand the present and prepare for the future. The latest research, however, suggests they are more like ...