Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez has found ways to plant memories in mice. Here's what that could mean for humans.

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

A new study suggests that recalling the context in which a memory was made can help to restore the memory after it has started to erode. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and ...

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