Highlights•The role of the retrosplenial cortex remains poorly understood in humans.•Animal
models, including rodents, offer improved experimental access and control.•Combining …

Clearly, memory and learning are essential to medical education. To make memory and
learning more robust and long-term, educators should turn to the advances in neuroscience …

Learning and memory are among the key cognitive functions that drive the human
experience. As such, any defective condition associated with these cognitive domains could …

A hippocampal-diencephalic-cortical network supports memory function. The anterior
thalamic nuclei (ATN) form a key anatomical hub within this system. Consistent with this …

The degu (Octodon degus) is a rodent that normally constructs burrows for nesting and
rearing. To navigate inside these burrows, degus may use idiothetic and/or sensory cues …

Epilepsy is a neurological disease characterised by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. It
affects over 65 million people worldwide, from which about 1/3 are resistant to antiseizure …

Background Chronic and Long-term use of khat may cause neuro-cognitive changes, which
have been elucidated in behavioural studies. These may correlate with structural changes in …

The normal aging process in humans is characterized by a number of hallmark changes
including decreased white matter volume in the brain and accompanying cognitive decline …