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Scientists Tickle Rats and Discover Brain’s ‘Play Spot’
By inhibiting part of rats’ brain stem, scientists may have found the play center of the brain
By inhibiting part of rats’ brain stem, scientists may have found the play center of the brain
As the 2023 Women’s World Cup kicks off, repeated concussions and head injuries in the sport raise discussion about the lifelong consequences on the brain
What a patient and family members can expect from the recently approved drug lecanemab—and what more is needed to help stop Alzheimer’s dementia
A 1943 paper highlighted “Donald T.” as “Case 1” of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”
Genetic resilience found in a person predisposed to early-onset dementia could potentially lead to new treatments
Findings suggest that the amyloid-targeting drug candidate slows cognitive decline in some people, but questions remain over its potential side effects
Functional neurological disorders are very real, and medical compassion is an important part of treatment
There is no cure for FTD, the disease that actor Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with, but new research suggests some future therapies
Researchers who study aphantasia, or the inability to visualize something in your “mind’s eye,” are starting to get a sense of how to accurately measure the condition and what it may mean for those who have it...
Scientists are deciphering how the brain choreographs immune responses, hoping to find treatments for a range of diseases
Stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and learning about its causes will hopefully reduce the stigma surrounding it
There are different ways to be happy and function well, even if your brain is not typical
The brain of a new father goes through transitions analogous to the neural changes experienced by a pregnant woman
A standard diagnostic test may be one reason autism research includes so few female participants
Study in cells and mice suggests that the variant APOE4 affects the all-important insulation around nerve cells
Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman
This Scottish woman’s hypersensitive nose picked up a chemical signature of Parkinson’s disease that has been used to develop a skin-swab diagnostic
Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab
Older prisoners will make up a third of the prison population in a decade, and many of them will develop dementia
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution
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