Memory loss can point in more than one direction. A patient may seem to fit Alzheimer’s disease, only to have signs that also ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Sanford Burnham Prebys explore genetic factors in separate papers ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new class of low-cost, scalable sensors that can be used to monitor electrical activity in ...

The approaches seem disparate, which is why most brain scientists choose individual strategies. But Silver believes the ...

Your brain’s “stop eating” signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes—once thought to just support neurons—actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a ...

The symptom profiles of different neurodegenerative diseases often overlap, and diagnosing age-related cognitive symptoms is complex. A patient may have multiple overlapping disease processes in the ...

A recent case study found a possible new trigger for a dangerous, and sometimes fatal, virus that could be laying dormant in ...

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain disorders known as SYNGAP1-related disorders, or SRDs. Researchers were able ...

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong. One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy of ...

Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

A school-aged child in L.A. recently died after developing a rare neurological disease years after contracting the measles. Authorities didn’t reveal many details about the case, except that the child ...

Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.