A recent study suggests that the human brain emerges from two separate organs, a discovery that may impact future treatments ...

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage ...

The project combined thin-film graphene probes with implantable microelectronics, autonomous software, and surgical delivery ...

Dr. Roach explains prion diseases like CJD, which are rare, incurable, and fatal, while also advising a 71-year-old that ...

MRI scans showing two brain lesions. The yellow arrow marks a lesion in the lower left temporal lobe surrounded by swelling, ...

A large-scale study of proteins in blood and cerebrospinal fluid could pave the way for improved blood tests to diagnose multiple brain diseases — and potential early warning signs of disease risk — ...

Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been one of medicine's most difficult challenges, limiting our ability to treat conditions like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's ...

A massive MRI study found that Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, and addiction are associated with distinct patterns of accelerated brain aging. The strongest ...

The atlas of gene expression in the prefrontal cortex was created using samples from almost 1,500 donors of all ages — from ...

Kenneth Kendler, one of the most influential and prolific psychiatric researchers and historians of our time, recently published two articles examining the role of the brain in psychiatric disorders: ...