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Alzheimer’s may destroy memory by flipping a single molecular switch that tells neurons to prune their own connections. Researchers found that both amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same ...

A recent study in mice suggests that microglia, immune cells found in the brain, may play a role in early memory loss, or ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them—an effect called infantile amnesia. A ...

In today's hectic and stressful work world, where deadlines loom, emails never stop, and focus feels like a luxury, your ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

Memory loss with age isn’t always gradual. For some, it suddenly accelerates, leaving people alarmed at how quickly their ...

Cognitive decline is natural: it starts to subtly set in by our 40s, and by your mid-50s it’s perfectly normal to find yourself standing in the middle of a room, scratching your head, saying, “Now why ...

Physical rehabilitation and symptom management still remain the mainstay of treatment for stroke, as clot removal or ...