Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

New research from MIT suggests that astrocytes - long considered support cells - may play a key role in the human brain's ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and ...

However, each work in concert with the other to elicit an optimal ... in which they can recognize previously encountered pathogen. These natural killer cells that develop immune memory are referred to ...

Cutting-edge depression treatments utilize cognitive control by detecting depression-linked activity in one area of the brain ...

Brain ion channels have molecular memory, changing shape after repeated signals, affecting neurotransmitter release.

Researchers have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that ...

Here are some things I've learned from running a tech company while trying to build a culture that values mental clarity and ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended the decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...

More than $300 million in grant money promised to UCI, UCLA, USC and dozens of other California institutions has been axed ...