Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer.

According to a new study published in Nature, emotional memories are powerfully encoded in the brain primarily through the ...

New research reveals that astrocytes — not neurons — are responsible for stabilizing emotional memories by re-engaging during recall.

To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...

New research suggests a missing brain molecule may hold the key to understanding—and potentially treating—the faulty neural ...

Research from scientists at RIKEN highlights the role of Fos signaling in memory formation and recall in response to unpleasant experiences.

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveal that astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, play a direct role in the regulation of neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. The ...

Astrocytes are star shaped cells that make up around 35% of human brain cells. They were once thought of as cells that simply supported neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). But in recent years ...

New research has shown how astrocytes and microglia communicate in response to changes in sensory input to remodel synapses.

Astrocytes, the supporting cells of the brain, could play a significant role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a new study. This is the first time researchers discovered a ...