Ordinary human cells, not just neurons, respond more strongly to memory signals when they arrive in spaced bursts rather than ...

In animal models, social isolation triggers memory and learning deficits that are mediated by hyperactivity of the most abundant brain cell, the astrocyte. Importantly, inhibiting this hyperactivity ...

Here is an important reason to stay in touch with friends and family: social isolation causes memory and learning deficits and other behavioral changes. Many brain studies have focused on the effects ...

The delivery of chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) receptors to the junctions between nerve cells (synapses) is crucial to cognitive processes such as memory. One way of understanding the function ...

MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An approved pill for Alzheimer’s disease might help boost social functioning in some ...

Move Regularly: Exercise boosts blood flow to the brain and stimulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which ...

Memories can form outside of the brain, according to new research. Non-brain cells exposed to chemical pulses similar to the ones that brain cells are exposed to when presented with new information ...

Many patients with long COVID experience brain fog, but the reasons are not well understood. A new study links brain fog to a ...

Daily habits after 65 can make a real difference in memory, supporting brain health and keeping recall sharp with small lifestyle shifts.

Here is an important reason to stay in touch with friends and family: social isolation causes memory and learning deficits and other behavioral changes. Many brain studies have focused on the effects ...