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Previously Unknown Mechanism of Memory Formation Discovered
January 30, 2013 — It takes a lot to make a memory. New proteins have to be synthesized, neuron structures altered. While some of these memory-building mechanisms are known, many are not. Some recent studies have ... > full story -
Good Mood Helps Boost Brain Power in Older Adults
January 30, 2013 — Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by putting on a happy face, a new study ... > full story -
How Brain Cells Shape Temperature Preferences
January 29, 2013 — A new study shows that a complex set of overlapping neuronal circuits works in concert to drive temperature preferences in the fruit fly Drosophila by affecting a single target, a heavy bundle of ... > full story -
In-Brain Monitoring Shows Memory Network
January 29, 2013 — Working with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers have shown for the first time that areas of the brain work together at the same time to recall memories. The unique ... > full story -
Neuroscientists Pinpoint Location of Fear Memory in Amygdala
January 28, 2013 — Neuroscientists have shed new light on the brain circuit that is involved in fear learning, memory, responses. They show that fear memory is encoded in a subdivision of the central amygdala. In ... > full story -
Poor Sleep in Old Age Prevents the Brain from Storing Memories
January 27, 2013 — The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists have found a link between these hallmark maladies of old ... > full story -
Exercise Can Slow Onset of Alzheimer's Memory Loss: Scientists Identify Link
January 24, 2013 — Keeping active can slow down the progression of memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has shown. Medical researchers have identified a stress hormone produced during moderate ... > full story -
Less Tau Reduces Seizures and Sudden Death in Severe Epilepsy
January 22, 2013 — Deleting or reducing expression of a gene that carries the code for tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, can prevent seizures in a severe type of epilepsy linked to sudden death, said ... > full story -
Tracing the Impact of Amyloid Beta in Mild Cognitive Impairment
January 16, 2013 — The amount of amyloid ² (A²) in the brains of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is contributing to early memory loss, and increases with severity of symptoms, finds a new study. ... > full story -
Never Forget a Face(book): Memory for Online Posts Beats Faces and Books
January 15, 2013 — People’s memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new ... > full story
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