Memory is foundational to our human experience. By tracking and storing our experiences, it helps us navigate the world and ...

A regulatory protein in astrocytes may explain how certain memories persist over time for learning and cognitive function.

What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...

Scientists have developed an experimental molecule that helps the brain's immune cells fight Alzheimer's again, reducing ...

In mammals, hair follicles emerge during embryonic development, forming geometric patterns that vary from one species to ...

Researchers have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death that appears to play a major role in ...