The hippocampus is a key brain region involved in memory formation and spatial orientation. It transforms short-term memories ...

A new study reveals how the brain's memory centre becomes more efficient with age, shedding excess connections to sharpen ...

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In a recent study published in Science Advances, a group of researchers assessed whether dendritic spine head diameter in the temporal cortex is a better predictor of episodic memory performance in ...

White matter pathways allow distant parts of the brain to communicate, supporting memory, emotion, and language. One such ...

Computational models show that even subtle modifications in the synaptic protein CaMKII completely alter the resulting protein structures. Given how the formation and stability of these structures ...