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Early Surgical Menopause Linked to Declines in Memory and Thinking Skills
January 14, 2013 — Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a new study. Early surgical menopause is the removal of both ... > full story -
Eliminating Useless Information Important to Learning, Making New Memories
January 9, 2013 — As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information -- rather than take in the new stuff -- that makes it harder to learn, scientists ... > full story -
Newly Found 'Volume Control' in Brain Promotes Learning, Memory
January 9, 2013 — Researchers report synapses that act as "volume control" for nerve cell activity in the brain's hippocampus, the epicenter for learning and memory. Too much synaptic communication between neurons can ... > full story -
How the Brain Stays Receptive: Researchers Examine the Role of Channel Protein in Learning
January 9, 2013 — The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. In a new study, mice comprising no Pannexin1 in memory-related brain structures displayed ... > full story -
Cognitive Difficulties Associated With Menopause Described
January 3, 2013 — The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post ... > full story -
Promising Compound Restores Memory Loss and Reverses Symptoms of Alzheimer's in Mice
January 2, 2013 — A new ray of hope has broken through the clouded outcomes associated with Alzheimer's disease. When a molecule called TFP5 is injected into mice with disease that is the equivalent of human ... > full story -
Accepted Model of Memory Formation Refuted
January 2, 2013 — A widely accepted model of long-term memory formation — that it hinges on a single enzyme in the brain — is flawed, according to new research. The new study found that mice lacking the ... > full story -
Early Cognitive Problems Documented Among Those Who Eventually Get Alzheimer's
December 28, 2012 — People who study or treat Alzheimer’s disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. But a new study ... > full story -
Many Causes for Learning Lags in Tumor Disorder
December 21, 2012 — The causes of learning problems associated with an inherited brain tumor disorder are much more complex than scientists had anticipated, researchers ... > full story -
Cholesterol Boosts the Memory of the Immune System
December 21, 2012 — The memory of the human immune system is critical for the development of vaccines. Only if the body recognizes a pathogen with which it has already come into contact in the case of a second ... > full story
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