New research shows stress impairs direction sense, weakening the brain’s navigation system and making it harder to stay ...

People who are stressed out have a harder time orienting themselves. A new study used neuroimaging to reveal why this happens.

This study illustrates the spatiotemporal dynamics of neuron subtype changes within the entorhinal cortex–hippocampal circuit during Alzheimer’s disease progression. EC-stellate neurons progressively ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's grid cells, blurring the internal GPS system and impairing navigation.

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a ...

The stress hormone cortisol can impair a person's ability to navigate in space, disrupting the work of special neural ...

Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, are activated when the brain performs mental simulations of a navigational ...

Researchers have discovered a mechanism that creates memories while reducing metabolic cost, even during sleep. This efficient memory occurs in a part of the brain that is crucial for learning and ...