Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent reactivations, ...

The average human brain weighs about 3 pounds and contains 80 to 100 billion neurons, which are the cells that store information. But how do these cells store information? How do we retrieve that ...

A new brain imaging study shows that the hippocampus (green) is the brain's master storyteller, weaving memories of past events into a coherent narrative. Image: Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, Center for ...

Even among healthy people, a faltering memory is often an expected part of aging - but it's not inevitable. Some individuals exhibit remarkable maintenance of memory function throughout late adulthood ...

Scientists have employed a novel two-step method of labeling neurotransmitter receptor proteins to track their localization efficiently. The neurons in our nervous system "talk" to each other by ...