Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory.

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Bacteria that caused 19 people who work in raspberry and blackberry hoop houses to fall ill last year from a rare bacterial ...

Results of a preliminary investigation of an outbreak of a rare bacterial disease called leptospirosis among Ventura County ...

While you may be ready to celebrate with a libation, an expert warns of the party peril of Wet February. Courtney Smith, a registered dietitian, diabetes specialist, and founder of the Keys to ...

An analysis confirmed that the glassy material was indeed brain tissue, identifying proteins from different areas of the human brain, such as the wrinkled cerebral cortex, the amygdala, and the ...

Although no single food can improve mental sharpness, focus, and memory, some research shows that a nutrient-rich diet with plenty of omega-3 fats, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals is important ...

Adapting Electronics To Our Brain Over time, electronic devices have progressively become smaller and more omnipresent in our lives, from the early mainframe computer, which took up an entire room, to ...

Conditions will start to become more unsettled during Thursday, before a bout of extensive wet and very windy weather begins. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for strong winds on Friday ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...