Working memory is a cognitive function that is essential for carrying out everyday activities and temporarily retaining ...

Recent research has opened the debate on whether chemical imbalances cause depression, anxiety, and other conditions ...

Scientists have built a working simulation of an entire adult fruit fly brain and connected it to a physics-based virtual ...

A company claims to have simulated the neurons of an adult fruit fly's brain and letting it roam inside a Matrix-like virtual environment.

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that with surprising precision, sending targeted feedback to individual neurons ...

A new study shows that 20 minutes of cardio can trigger memory-linked brain waves in the hippocampus, offering the first direct evidence of this effect in humans.

A research team from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) has achieved a milestone in the field of cryopreservation: for the first time, they have managed to restore functional ...

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide - cell by cell - what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that with surprising ...

Neurodegenerative disease profoundly affects structures and pathways responsible for memory, cognition, and higher-order ...

Pancreatic tumors may hijack the body’s nervous system by forming synapse-like connections that allow them to absorb neurotransmitters and fuel their growth. This newly uncovered mechanism points to a ...

Exercise does more than strengthen muscles; it also rewires the brain. In a study publishing February 12 in the Cell Press journal Neuron, researchers reveal that the lasting gain in endurance from ...

Summary: Exercise does more than just build muscle; it fundamentally rewires the brain to boost physical stamina. Researchers have discovered that the lasting gains in endurance from repeated physical ...