If being shuttered away for the last two years has got you feeling like you’re operating on your last two brain cells, that might not be a stretch—at least as far as your memory goes.

An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

When disaster strikes in Gary's brain, it's up to his brain cells to try and fix everything. Unfortunately, they've all jumped ship and we're stuck with these two idiots. Can brain cell number 12 ...

The study was published last week in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The researchers looked at the postmortem brains of people aged 79-99, some of whom had had cognitive decline or Alzheimer’s disease.

Hartung began to grow and assemble brain cells into functional organoids in 2012 using cells from human skin samples reprogrammed into an embryonic stem cell-like state. Each organoid contains about ...

When we talk about memories in biology, we tend to focus on the brain and the storage of information in neurons. But there are lots of other memories that persist within our cells.