Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

Virginia Tech neuroscientists have uncovered a mitochondrial process that supports the brain cells critical for learning, ...

A team of scientists has unveiled how the hippocampus orchestrates multiple memory processes, including encoding new information, forming memories, and retrieving them.

Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions ...

Gum disease, or periodontitis, has been linked to poorer cognitive function. Researchers believe this connection may be due ...

Bacteria can also break down nitrite to produce nitric oxide, which improves circulation, including blood flow to the brain.

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.

Researchers identified the mechanism mice use to overcome instinctive fear, saying it may help research for people with ...