Sep 27, 2022 · The simplest answer is that the human brain reshapes itself with each new memory. This happens through the actions of synapses, or the tiny gaps between brain cells.

Many of the research questions surrounding memory may have answers in complex interactions between certain brain chemicals—particularly glutamate—and neuronal receptors, which play a crucial role in the signaling between brain cells.

There are three areas of the brain involved in explicit memory: the hippocampus, the neo-cortex and the amygdala. The hippocampus, located in the brain's temporal lobe, is where episodic memories are formed and indexed for later access.

Sep 16, 2024 · Memory is how your brain processes and stores information so you can access it later. Most memory formation happens in your hippocampus, but the process also involves many other connected brain regions.

Jan 22, 2025 · A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and memory.

In a study led by Cedars-Sinai, researchers have discovered two types of brain cells that play a key role in dividing continuous human experience into distinct segments that can be recalled later. The discovery provides new promise as a path toward development of novel treatments for memory disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.Th...

Jan 21, 2025 · Individual cells in the brain light up for specific ideas. These concept neurons, once known as “Jennifer Aniston cells,” help us think, imagine and remember episodes from our lives. ... his team found that working memories are more likely to migrate into long-term memory when patients’ concept cells are active. Working memory also turns ...

It is part of the limbic system, and lies next to the medial temporal lobe. It is made up of two structures, the Ammon's Horn, and the Dentate gyrus, each containing different types of cells. [1] There is evidence that the hippocampus contains cognitive maps in humans.

Jan 15, 2025 · Nearly 50 years ago, neuroscientists discovered cells within the brain’s hippocampus that store memories of specific locations. These cells also play an important role in storing memories of events, known as episodic memories. While the mechanism of how place cells encode spatial memory has been well-characterized, it has remained a puzzle how they encode episodic […]

Dec 23, 2024 · They pinpointed cells involved in forming a memory (a moment of fear instilled in a mouse by giving its foot a little shock) by tracking the timely expression of the protein c-fos in neurons in the hippocampus.