The hippocampus serves as the primary learning and memory center of the brain, but this is not where our memories are held. Rather, memory traces or engrams are represented by the connections between ...

Ordinary human cells, not just neurons, respond more strongly to memory signals when they arrive in spaced bursts rather than ...

The brain’s memory center may begin life more like a crowded web than an empty canvas. Researchers discovered that early neural networks in the hippocampus are dense and seemingly random, then become ...

The brain is often described as a dense forest of connections, and for years scientists have searched for ways to trim that ...

Dense at birth: Mouse hippocampal networks start heavily interconnected, contradicting the 'blank slate' theory of brain development. Pruning over time: Connections become sparser and more organized ...

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, ...

A building erected about ten years ago on the Bishop Noa Home campus to serve as a comfortable place for people with dementia has been repurposed into a community center meant to foster connection ...

Brain health should be a priority for adults of every age. There are many ways to take care of your brain, from socializing to taking brain-boosting supplements like Cognizin citicoline. When you ...

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