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A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed, examined the effects of cannabis use on over 1,000 young adults aged 22 to 36 u…

Scientists have recently shown that both the quality and the amount of sleep we get may influence our risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia.

Researchers have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage neurons.

A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain’s ‘cables’– the so-called nerve fibers — which leads to permanent impairments.

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for many disorders. Researchers have now constructed a detailed structural map of these receptors in the human brain, revealing how t…

New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) have just b…

A international research team developed a digital biomarker for predicting symptoms of depression based on data collected by smartwatches.

Thermal sensations are consciously differentiated as hot or cold by the brain; however, the neural mechanism that enables this differentiation is not well understood. To address this, researchers have used electroencephalography to record brain activit…

Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a study has found.