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Scanning the brains of newborns, researchers have found that maternal exposure to poverty and crime can influence the structure and function of young brains even before babies make their entrances into the world.

While there are no successful non-invasive therapeutics currently available for the treatment of vision loss, researchers at have come up with a new idea to address this growing problem. Currently, ophthalmologists use electronic technology to directly…

Authors lay out an ethical framework that assumes brain organoids already have consciousness. The paper argues that this framework is not exclusive to brain organoids and can be applied to anything that is perceived to hold consciousness.

Conduct disorder (CD) is a common yet complex psychiatric disorder featuring aggressive and destructive behavior. Factors contributing to the development of CD span biological, psychological, and social domains. Researchers have identified a myriad of …

The brain structure of patients with recent onset psychosis and depression can offer important biological insights into these illnesses and how they might develop.

A new study suggests a key protein molecule plays a major role in the accumulation of brain cholesterol, triggering the development of Alzheimer’s and supporting the use of peptide inhibitors as a therapeutic treatment target. The study found that mice…

Researchers use manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to capture time-lapse images of the living brain.

Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study.

Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that ‘engrams,’ the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed including among regions not previously recognized.

Mutant mice are providing scientists with a new neurobiological framework to understand the brain changes observed in distractible humans who carry a common gene variant whose frequency has been associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder …