A large longitudinal study of U.S. adults found that many older people improve in cognitive function or walking speed over ...

New research suggests childhood cancer survivors may experience accelerated biological aging from treatments, potentially ...

Boosting mitochondrial calcium by inhibiting the LETM1 protein enhances long-term memory formation in flies and mice.

An international team led by Jaime de Juan-Sanz at the Paris Brain Institute has shown that slightly increasing the metabolic capacity of neurons can enhance long-term memory in both fruit flies and ...

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and whole grains while limiting ...

Oxytocin, a hormone renowned for fostering emotional, also plays a pivotal role in cognitive functions such as learning and memory.

Memory is not a recording device. It doesn't play back events like a video camera would. Instead, it's a remarkably active, ...

Specifically, the team found changes in the histone variant H2A.Z, which has been previously linked to long-term memory. Acetate also increased the expression of genes linked to learning in the female ...

Scores on a memory test dropped as football experience rose, and the pattern held across thousands of former players. This trend was the focus of a large analysis of retired American football players ...