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Just 20 minutes of cycling led to more brain 'ripples', where groups of neurons sent strong bursts of electrical impulses, ...

In a recent study published in Science Advances, a group of researchers assessed whether dendritic spine head diameter in the temporal cortex is a better predictor of episodic memory performance in ...

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

Computational models show that even subtle modifications in the synaptic protein CaMKII completely alter the resulting protein structures. Given how the formation and stability of these structures ...

Compared to novices, seasoned birders had denser, more structurally complex brain regions involved with tasks like object ...

Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers have developed a ...