Brain waves passing between the two regions trigger a group of brain cells called phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) neurons that help coordinate working memory.

Memory isn’t completely understood, she explains. “When you first form a memory, we kind of know where that happens in the brain.

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Memory might not be brain-exclusive. Researchers discovered that even kidney and nerve tissue cells can detect learning patterns and activate a memory gene—just like neurons do.

Why does the brain of some people stay sharp into their 80s and beyond? An expert explains what 25 years of exploring the brain tissue of “SuperAgers” has discovered.

Like brain cells, kidney cells can form memories Scientists found memory’s molecular machinery at work in cells outside the nervous system ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped how nearly an entire mammalian brain lights up as decisions are made. The massive ...

The brain creates at least three copies of any given memory, new research suggests. This includes those encoded by so-called early-born neurons, pictured above in magenta in a cross section of a ...

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Sheffield: Memory can go awry in a number of different ways. To fix a damaged brain that has gone through disease or trauma and get it back to the right appropriate state requires an understanding of ...

So again, it’s still too early to say for sure that treating a sleep disorder reduces your risk of dementia because of ...

Virginia Tech researchers are investigating how overloaded mitochondria in the brain’s memory circuits may spark early ...