memory

Sheena Josselyn discussed how she uses optogenetic tools to bias, express, and erase memories in mice.

Researchers discovered that chilling worms on ice slows down forgetting, prompting an exploration into the pathway responsible for this cool phenomenon.

A receptor that recognizes DNA fragments formed during learning is necessary for proper memory formation.

Forgetting things appears to be a productive process and not a passive loss of information.

A bridge between neurons triggers longer, deeper sleep and memory formation in fly larvae.

The sea slug has helped scientists in their quest to understand how neurons encode memories.

To support thousands of incoming connections, neurons use sophisticated transportation networks for delivering mRNA to faraway regions.

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

Researchers redefine the lost art of smelling illness using one woman’s exquisitely sensitive nose.

A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.

A study finds roflumilast can reverse sleep deprivation–induced amnesia in mice, hinting at pathways to treating memory loss in people.

The Boston University neuroscientist wants to take the edge off traumatic memories by manipulating how they’re processed in the brain.

Researchers caution that it’s too soon to recommend supplements based on the results of a new study.

Low-intensity electrical stimulation allows older adults to better recall a list of words for at least a month following the treatment, a study finds, providing further evidence for the debated idea that electrical stimulation can enhance cognitive performance.

Bottlenose dolphins can recall trivial details of a prior event to later solve a novel task, a study finds, suggesting these mammals are capable of episodic memory.

A growth factor found in the cerebrospinal fluid of young mice triggered the proliferation of myelin-making cells when injected into the brains of older mice.

Like in humans, the neurotransmitter appears to play a role in generating wanting-like behavior and, perhaps, happy memories in honeybees.

People who had cognitive functions depleted by noninvasive brain stimulation or a mentally demanding task could subconsciously recognize individual words in a made-up language more easily than controls, researchers find.

Research in mice and flies suggests that bacteriophages, including those found in dairy foods, may have an influence on an animals’ ability to learn and remember information.