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

Scientists have uncovered a biological “blueprint” that shows how the brain’s smallest building blocks create the large networks that drive thought, emotion, and behavior.

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

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

Some of us have visceral responses to stress—we struggle to focus; our recall is… not great; we feel disorganised, overwhelmed, and exhausted; we can’t sleep; our head hurts, our neck aches; we’re ...

But what of memory? Deficits in declarative and non-declarative memory (i.e., recall of events and facts vs. conditioning and skill learning), in addition to cognitive difficulty and issues with ...

A new study has discovered the important role that a subset of microglia, the brain’s immune cells, plays in early brain development, cognition and memory. The finding gives us a better understanding ...

Understanding the human brain is essential in science. Now, it has been discovered that the shape of the brain, and not just ...

Study reveals that only few dogs can learn hundreds of object names; their curiosity, focus, and self control explain why ...