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In a study with serious implications for therapy, law, and ethics, researchers investigate whether targeted brain stimulation can curb violent impulses.

The posterior parietal cortex plays a crucial role in allowing the mammalian brain to turn visual information (such as a green traffic light), into motion (such as stepping on the gas), researchers found in a new study.

Researchers found that serum levels of two biomarkers of traumatic brain injury, tau and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1, are elevated following high-acceleration head impacts, even when there is no clinical diagnosis of concussion.

A low-dose aspirin regimen may represent a new avenue for reducing Alzheimer’s disease pathology, according to new research in a mouse model. The study identifies a new role for one of the most widely used medications in the world.

Researchers have developed a means of tracking the activity of the far-reaching ends of retinal neurons (called boutons) as they deliver visual information to the thalamus, a brain region involved in image processing.

Research shows that using minimally invasive electrical currents on the brain’s prefrontal cortex can reduce the intention to carry out physical and sexual assault. It’s a new and promising approach to interventions around violence.

Maternal use of the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) can alter the brain circuits in her offspring that control behaviors reminiscent of autism spectrum disorder, suggests a study in mice. These results have no immediate bearing on the treatment of d…

The strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease may impair the brain’s ability to convert its primary fuel source into usable energy, finds a study of female mice. The research suggests therapeutic strategies that promote brain energy convers…

A study of barn owls suggests the visual systems of humans and birds may be more similar than previously thought.

Researchers say they have developed an experimental drug, similar to compounds used to treat diabetes, that slows the progression of Parkinson’s disease itself — as well as its symptoms — in mice.