New research on the hippocampus, a brain area essential for memory, suggests that new rules of synaptic plasticity best explain how brain activity continually reshapes the way memories are recorded in ...

Researchers have identified a narrow recovery period in the brain, roughly one hour after a stress event, during which a second natural pulse of the hormone corticosterone can restore disrupted ...

A study mapped genes linked to schizophrenia and uncovered a mechanism that disrupts synaptic plasticity in affected individuals. The researchers showed the role of three proteins in mediating the ...