Researchers found three master genes that alter brain development in Down syndrome, offering new clues about learning and memory differences.

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.

Cocaine addiction isn’t simply a failure of willpower — it’s the result of lasting biological changes in the brain.

A new study shows that prolonging cellular energy in brain cells helps transform fleeting experiences into lasting memories.

Expert tells ‘Post’ why brain remembers pain and why it must forget ...

A growing body of research is converging on specific brain regions and networks that appear to generate conscious experience, from dreaming to waking awareness. Multiple independent lines of evidence ...

Brain imaging is giving scientists a clearer picture of why attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder looks so different from one child to the next. New structural MRI work indicates that ADHD is not a ...

An international study has revealed a surprising connection between quantum physics and the theoretical models underlying ...

A neuroscientist and assistant professor at the University of Alberta presented his research on the neural mechanisms of sleeping fruit flies at a Georgetown University biology department seminar Feb.

Alcohol may appear to soothe nerves and smooth social edges, but beneath that relaxed buzz the brain is adjusting its wiring. Slowly, alcohol interferes with the chemical signals that allow nerve ...