The Nano Life Science Institute at Kanazawa University develops advanced nanoprobe technologies to directly image, analyze and manipulate biomolecules in living systems. By exploring previously ...

A team of Harvard researchers have unveiled a way to map the molecular underpinnings of how learning and memories are formed, a groundbreaking new technique expected to offer insights that may pave ...

“I’m the PhD down the hall whose memory fails during critical discussions at the office,” says Debra K. In her early sixties, Debra is a behavioral scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, Kyoto University, SOKENDAI and the National Institute for Physiological Sciences have revealed how CaMKIIα—a key ...

Branchlike structures called dendrites that extend from neurons appear to make their own computations independent of the cell body, helping individual brain cells store memories of the past, respond ...

Cognitive impairment, including issues with memory, is a common challenge for people with bipolar disorder. Here are 3 simple ways to minimize your risk.

While they share similar depressive and cognitive symptoms, the biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are distinct. A novel study appearing in Biological ...

Laura Lemle watched how some teachers didn’t always understand how to teach her daughter, who has nonverbal learning disability. Some were incredibly empathetic, others were not. Special education ...

A new machine learning study shows that the amount of intrinsic disorder in a gene's protein product can help distinguish ...