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December 23, 2024

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First Successful Clinical Trial of VU319 Brings Alzheimer's Treatment One Step Closer

Dec. 19, 2024 — Phase I clinical trial of a drug was successfully completed, with promise to treat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. The compound, named VU319, is the first end-to-end drug discovery ...

Breathing Coordinates Brain Rhythms for Memory Consolidation During Sleep

Dec. 16, 2024 — Just as a conductor coordinates different instruments in an orchestra to produce a symphony, breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new study. This is the first time breathing rhythms during ...

Can Lab-Grown Neurons Exhibit Plasticity?

Dec. 16, 2024 — This bioengineering breakthrough has found a way to make neurons grown in a dish react just like the real ...

Why Deep Sleep Is Helpful for Memory

Dec. 12, 2024 — It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is was previously unknown. Now, a team of researchers posits an explanation. According to the ...

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Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds

Dec. 19, 2024 — Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory center -- significantly alters motivation and behavior in mice, according to new ...

Staying Sharp: Study Explores How Brain Changes May Affect Financial Skills

Dec. 16, 2024 — A new article sheds light on how age-related changes may affect the way we handle finances -- and how we can stay sharp as we ...

The Distinct Nerve Wiring of Human Memory

Dec. 11, 2024 — The black box of the human brain is starting to open. Although animal models are instrumental in shaping our understanding of the mammalian brain, scarce human data is uncovering important ...

Short-Term Cognitive Boost from Exercise May Last for 24 Hours

Dec. 9, 2024 — The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new ...

Why People Remember Certain Things and Not Others

Dec. 6, 2024 — Exactly why do people remember what they remember? A recently published review paper sheds light on this fundamental question and the relationship between factors that influence human ...

Unlocking the Science of Sleep: How Rest Enhances Language Learning

Dec. 5, 2024 — Sleep is critical for all sorts of reasons, but a team of international scientists has discovered a new incentive for getting eight hours of sleep every night: it helps the brain to store and learn a ...

New Pathways to Long-Term Memory Formation

Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work suggests that long-term memory can form independently of short-term memory, a finding that opens ...

To Remember Conversations, Keep Making New Brain Cells

Dec. 5, 2024 — A new study provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables people to have conversations and to remember what they hear. ...

New Discovery Could Offer Significant Answers on Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 27, 2024 — A new study represents a significant step forward in scientists' understanding of Alzheimer's disease. A team of investigators has examined the role of two proteins found in the brain and suggest the ...

New Model of Neuronal Circuit Provides Insight on Eye Movement

Nov. 22, 2024 — Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes' gaze. The study found that a simplified artificial ...

Signals of Inflammation During Pregnancy Linked to Aging and Memory Changes 50 Years Later

Nov. 21, 2024 — A new study analyzed data from participants who have been followed for over 50 years, starting before their births. Researchers found that maternal immune activity during a critical period of ...

Seeing Memories Form

Nov. 20, 2024 — Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words 'hippos' (horse) and 'kampus' (sea monster), the hippocampus is a brain region crucial for memory formation. But ...

Athletes Have Significantly Better Working Memory Than Sedentary People

Nov. 20, 2024 — A recently published meta-analysis reveals an advantage in sports-related information processing compared to non-athletes. The data consisted of 21 studies involving a total of 1455 participants. ...

How Cells Habituate

Nov. 19, 2024 — Up until recently, habituation -- a simple form of learning -- was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals. But a ...

Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Help With Poor Working Memory

Nov. 18, 2024 — Fampridine is currently used to improve walking ability in multiple sclerosis. A new study shows that it could also help individuals with reduced working memory, as seen in mental health conditions ...

Stress Makes Mice's Memories Less Specific

Nov. 15, 2024 — Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...

How Stress Is Fundamentally Changing Our Memories

Nov. 15, 2024 — In a new study, researchers identify the biological processes behind stress-induced aversive memory generalization and highlight an intervention which could help restore appropriate memory ...

New Insights Into How We Navigate Space and Store Memories

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have revealed how two neural circuits located in the brain's retrosplenial cortex are directly linked to spatial navigation and memory storage. This discovery could lead to more ...

Grabbing Pizza With Coworkers Isn't Just Fun -- It Could Boost Your Teamwork Skills

Nov. 12, 2024 — Forming memories around shared experiences, whether something fun like grabbing a pizza or as emotionally straining as an employee strike, has a way of binding people together. But it could also ...

Asthma May Place Children at Risk of Memory Difficulties

Nov. 11, 2024 — Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new ...

Memories Are Not Only in the Brain, New Research Finds

Nov. 7, 2024 — It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a ...

Brain Stars Hold Our Memories

Nov. 6, 2024 — 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. ...

Researchers Have Uncovered the Mechanism in the Brain That Constantly Refreshes Memory

Nov. 6, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a neural mechanism for memory integration that stretches across both time and personal ...

Meta-Learning of Motor Skills in the Dorsal Premotor Cortex of the Brain

Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that the dorsal premotor cortex serves a 'meta-learning' function, overseeing and regulating physical movements. Once believed to be limited to movement ...

Combining VR and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A Neurotechnology That Boosts Spatial Memory Without Surgery

Oct. 30, 2024 — Researchers have joined forces to give a boost to spatial memory by creating a unique experimental setup that combines non-invasive deep-brain stimulation, virtual reality training, and fMRI imaging. ...

Chronic Pain Can Be Predicted Within Three Days of an Injury

Oct. 24, 2024 — After only one to three days of a whiplash injury, scientists can predict which patients will develop chronic pain based on the extent of cross 'talk' between two regions of the brain, and ...

Reminders Can Eliminate Age-Related Symptoms of Decline in Memory

Oct. 24, 2024 — A new study reveals that setting reminders can eliminate some age-related declines in memory. The findings offer a significant breakthrough in addressing the cognitive challenges faced by older ...

Butterfly Brains Reveal the Tweaks Required for Cognitive Innovation

Oct. 18, 2024 — A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive ...

Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain

Oct. 16, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that the CA1 and CA2 regions in the brain respectively encode the locations and individuals linked with a threatening experience. The results show that, beyond simply ...

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have shown that, just like declarative memories, short-term and long-term memories for motor skills form in different regions of the brain, with the cerebellum being critical for the ...