The Boston University neuroscientist wants to take the edge off traumatic memories by manipulating how they’re processed in the brain.

A growth factor found in the cerebrospinal fluid of young mice triggered the proliferation of myelin-making cells when injected into the brains of older mice.

A study that transfused plasma from active to inactive mice suggests the protein clusterin enhances cognition.

Virtual reality experiments reveal that the popular drug may make the brain more open to misremembering.

Sleeping on a rhythmically swaying surface helps synchronize sleep oscillations in the human brain, a study finds.

To tease apart brain regions involved in forming versus remembering memories, scientists engineered mice whose brain cells could be manipulated and tagged.