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MRI scans show that repetitive blows to the head result in brain changes among youth football players, according to a new study.

No one knows what drives people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to do what they do, even when they’re aware that they shouldn’t do it, and when it interferes with normal life. That lack of understanding means about half can’t find effective treatmen…

Neighborhood violence has been associated with adverse health effects on youth, including sleep loss, asthma and metabolic syndrome. Yet some youth living in high-crime neighborhoods manage to avoid these effects. A new study aims to answer a resilienc…

Researchers have revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with dysfunction in how the brain interprets basic perceptual information, such as what we see, hear and think. The research shows that this dysfunction can predict suicidal …

Overturning decades of neuroanatomy dogma, a new study shows that the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in keeping humans awake and conscious. The findings could lead to new, better targets for treating coma and other disord…

Do you have a ‘healthy personality?’ Researchers claim to have mapped out the personality traits that can help a person thrive in life.

The Blue Brain Cell Atlas is like ‘going from hand-drawn maps to Google Earth’ — providing previously unavailable information on major cell types, numbers and positions in all 737 brain regions. This comprehensive, interactive and dynamic online resou…

Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have found differences in the brains of men and women who are addicted to online gaming, according to a new study.

Investigators have used magnetoencephalography — a technology that measures brain activity by detecting the weak magnetic fields produced by the brain’s normal electrical currents — to measure levels of the iron-based mineral called magnetite in the …

Stressful events in the evening release less of the body’s stress hormones than those that happen in the morning, suggesting possible vulnerability to stress in the evening.