Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers conducted a study of 431 adults with multiple sclerosis. Data showed lesion volume and damage were ...

With transistors and logic gates as our basic building blocks, we can begin to construct the actual circuits that make up computer memory. One of the simplest memory circuits is the AND gate, which ...

Virginia Tech scientists Shannon Farris (left) and Sharon Swanger of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have received support from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Alzheimer’s and Related ...

Memories are thought to be encoded in the brain as enduring physical and chemical changes, or engrams. Although recent technological advances have enabled substantial progress in our understanding of ...

Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain's hippocampus that store memories of specific ...

Schematic model showing how memory is consolidated in the prefrontal cortex and how circuitry through the amygdala shifts as hippocampal engram cells become silent and cortical engrams become active.

If you’re expecting an important visitor but you just have to step out for a moment, an electronic doorbell memory can come in handy so you can see whether someone rang while you were out. Of course, ...

Both presenilin-1 or the less-studied presenilin-2 can act as the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, the enzyme responsible for churning out Aβ peptides. A new study, published November 29 in Nature ...

Speaking at a symposium today celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden, R. Stanley Williams, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fellow and director of Quantum Science ...