Infantile amnesia is the global loss of episodic and contextual memories formed in early life. Our research shows that the ...

Cells in the brain are categorized roughly into two; neurons and the others, namely, glial cells. It is essential for sound development of the brain that both neurons and glial cells develop in a ...

According to the data, when microglia activity in the brain was suppressed, baby mice were better able to recall fearful experiences.

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

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