A large longitudinal study shows that DNA methylation-based biological aging and the cytokine TGF-beta play distinct causal ...

When we form a new memory, the brain undergoes physical and functional changes known collectively as a "memory trace." A memory trace represents the specific patterns of activity and structural ...

When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph into a brain cell, and vice versa. That's thanks to epigenetic memory, which ...

Neuroinflammation, a prolonged activation of the brain's immune system prompted by infections or other factors, has been linked to the disruption of normal mental functions. Past studies, for instance ...

An exercise intervention is associated with improvements in attention and memory and with slower epigenetic aging among ...

When a new memory forms the brain undergoes physical and functional changes known collectively as a “memory trace.” This memory trace represents the specific patterns of neuronal activity and ...

Why do patients regain weight after loss? New research points to a persistent ‘memory’ in adipose tissue driving hunger hormone asprosin.

Epigenetic memory is one of the strangest and most consequential features of the genome. Across generations, cells and even ...

In an important study for understanding how memories are made, cientists show that the flexibility of chromatin -- packaged DNA inside the cell -- plays a crucial role in 'deciding' which neurons are ...