Maternal diabetes linked to infant memory problems

Pregnant women who suffer from diabetes are more likely to have a child with memory problems, according to a new study.

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Sleep well before learning something new

Sleep deprivation can severely hamper the brain’s ability to learn, a new study demonstrates.

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French neuroscientist Bruno della Chiesa met with his country's education minister in Paris to talk about the groundbreaking international movement to link the fields of teaching and brain science.

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The discovery could help open the way to drugs that have marijuana's desired pain-killing properties but without its amnesic side effects, according to the paper, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

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When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better.

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Maintaining blood sugar levels, even in the absence of disease, may be an important strategy for preserving cognitive health, suggests a study published by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). The study appeared in the December issue of Annals of Neurology.

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Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily for on average 20 years.

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Drinking wine damages the brain more than beer or spirits, scientists claim. They say it particularly affects the hippocampus, the part of the brain associated with memory and spatial awareness, and one of the first areas to be affected by Alzheimer's disease.

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The hippocampus is a brain area involved in memory that animal studies have shown to be sensitive to the effects of stress.

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For years, scientists have studied the molecular basis of memory storage, trying to find the molecules that store memory, just as DNA stores genetic memory.

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New research from Columbia University Medical Center may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day's current events.

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New research from Columbia University Medical Center may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day's current events.

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Exercise, researchers have found over the years, appears to help people fight the natural memory loss that comes with aging.

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Smelly Sleep?

In a recent study by German researchers an interesting trend regarding the effect of smell during learning and sleep and the improvement it gives in remembering information in the future.

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Missing out on sleep may cause the brain to stop producing new cells, a study has suggested. The work on rats, by a team from Princeton University found a lack of sleep affected the hippocampus, a brain region involved in forming memories.

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Hunger makes the best sauce, goes the maxim. According to researchers at Yale Medical School, it may make quadratic equations and Kant's categorical imperative go down easier too.

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"Acute viral infections may cause accumulating damage in the brain and lead to memory problems later in life, a mouse study suggests."

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Whether newborn nerve cells in adult brains live or die depends on whether they can muscle their way into networks occupied by mature neurons.

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The brain's septum helps prevent epileptic seizures by inducing rhythmical electrical activity in the circuits of another area of the brain known as the hippocampus, according to a new study in the Journal of Neurophysiology.

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Researchers have published results that demonstrate that getting a good nights sleep improves brain function related to locating objects in unfarmiliar surroundings.

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