February 9, 2012 — Deep brain stimulation of the entorhinal region, applied during learning, appears to improve memory of spatial information, report researchers. "Our results show that spatial ...

The cerebral cortex of the mammalian brain consists of neocortical and allocortical components: neocortical areas are chiefly responsible for interactions with the external world and include primary ...

The part of the brain that tells us the direction to travel when we navigate has been identified by scientists, and the strength of its signal predicts how well people can navigate. In other words, ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanistic steps underlying a new type of synaptic plasticity called behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity (BTSP). The study reveals how the entorhinal cortex (EC) ...

A longstanding question in neuroscience is how mammalian brains (including ours) adapt to external environments, information, and experiences. In a paradigm-shifting study published in Nature, ...

Comprehensive knowledge of the architecture of neuronal networks lies at the basis of understanding their functions. Although the anatomical connections between and within the hippocampal formation ...

Figure 1: Spontaneous persistent activity in MECIII, but not LECIII, neurons. In addition to exhibiting persistent Up states, the UDS of MECIII neurons also had a starkly different temporal ...

A study by researchers from University College London has figured out why some people are better at navigating than others. Apparently, a part of the brain is responsible. Published in the journal ...

In an experiment likely to raise new hopes for those with memory-robbing diseases such as Alzheimer’s, researchers have found that sending an electrical jolt to a part of the brain that plays a key ...

A longstanding question in neuroscience is how mammalian brains (including ours) adapt to external environments, information, and experiences. In a paradigm-shifting study published in Nature, ...