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While neurogenesis—the growth of new brain cells—typically slows with age, superagers produce new neurons in the hippocampus at twice the rate of healthy older adults. In contrast, individuals with ...

As emotions rise and fall in everyday life, your brain keeps up, constantly adjusting. These transitions between feelings—like joy, sadness, or fear—aren’t just random reactions. They’re part of a ...

Brains of older adults with super-healthy cognition grow more new neurons than those of their peers, according to a study ...

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

Neuroscientists identify a CRF-neuron "switch" in the brain's BNST region that, when activated, allows for significantly faster unlearning of fear responses.

The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...

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