New research provides evidence that the brain’s ability to process signals and adapt to new information fluctuates ...

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that helps explain why growing up in a stimulating environment enhances ...

New research indicates that children with better rhythmic abilities tend to exhibit a slower, more prolonged rate of brain ...

New research shows that childhood environments shape lifelong memory through a single molecular switch that controls learning-related gene activity.

The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that the transcription factor AP-1 acts as a molecular ‘switch’ that ...

This bioengineering breakthrough has found a way to make neurons grown in a dish react just like the real thing. "Neurons that fire together, wire together" describes the neural plasticity seen in ...

Scientists disclose how mitochondria control tissue rejuvenation and synaptic plasticity in the adult mouse brain. Nerve cells (neurons) are amongst the most complex cell types in our body. They ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

The research on learning and memory shows that learning is possible and memory can be enhanced across the lifespan, unless the brain is compromised by disease or injury, and even then there is more ...

Vertebrate lonesome kinase mediates a key interaction between neurons involved in injury-induced pain and helps explain ...