Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

According to the data, when microglia activity in the brain was suppressed, baby mice were better able to recall fearful experiences.

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them—an effect called infantile amnesia. A ...

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them—an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell ...

The human brain, despite representing only about 2% of total body weight, consumes approximately 20% of the body’s energy resources. This metabolic intensity makes the brain particularly responsive to ...

A team of scientists has unveiled how the hippocampus orchestrates multiple memory processes, including encoding new information, forming memories, and retrieving them. A team of scientists from the ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models ...

How the human brain organizes its visual memories through precise neural timing has been discovered. Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC; CA, USA) have made a significant ...