"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scientists have long known that the molecule protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta) plays a central role in ...

Kanazawa University, have captured real-time images showing how a key brain enzyme organizes itself to help memory formation.

"This response evolved to help us cope with new challenges and can help us form stronger memories in order to deal with these ...

When a long-term memory forms, some brain cells experience a rush of electrical activity so strong that it snaps their DNA. Then, an inflammatory response kicks in, repairing this damage and helping ...

A research team led by faculty members at Wayne State University has discovered that communication between two key memory regions in the brain determines how what we experience becomes part of what we ...

We all need to sleep, but very few of us actually get enough of it. Whether it's due to problems falling asleep or staying asleep, not getting enough could actually be affecting our memory. One in ...

Don Arnold receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the McKnight Foundation. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and ...

Imagine that while you are enjoying your morning bowl of Cheerios, a spider drops from the ceiling and plops into the milk. Years later, you still can’t get near a bowl of cereal without feeling ...

For the first time, researchers have identified how the brain’s fatty acids and the genes that control them are crucial to memory formation. In addition to increasing our understanding of how memories ...