A brief period of exercise may do more for your brain than you expect. New research led by the University of Iowa shows that ...

A clinical study of the effects of sleep deprivation on mice indicates that caffeine may protect the brain circuits responsible for social memory.

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Memory loss often feels like something that arrives late in life. In reality, the story may begin much earlier, long before ...

Schematic model showing how memory is consolidated in the prefrontal cortex and how circuitry through the amygdala shifts as hippocampal engram cells become silent and cortical engrams become active.

People who garden tend to have better mood, memory, and health. New research shows this simple habit may support brain health ...

Alzheimer's disease is strongly associated with a genetic variant widely known as APOE4. This is one variation of the APOE gene... | Genetics And Genomics ...

Memory is essential for identity, confidence and independence; yet memory loss is far more common than we realize. Mild cognitive impairment affects roughly one in five older adults. At the same time, ...