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By temporarily inactivating a part of the brain involved in impulse-control, neuroscientists have discovered compelling evidence that we’re hardwired for altruism. The discovery suggests possible avenues for treating the empathically challenged.

Scientists found that patients with schizophrenia demonstrated a specific leftward volumetric asymmetry for the globus pallidus, one of the basal ganglia of the brain. The basal ganglia are involved in motivation and volition, the impairment of which m…

New research has provided more evidence that an innovative treatment strategy may help prevent brain swelling and death in stroke patients. Researchers have found that Cirara, an investigational drug, powerfully reduced brain swelling and death in pati…

Training parents online and over the telephone significantly decreased preschool children’s disruptive behaviour, shows the new Strongest Families study from the Research Centre for Child…

They say that once you’ve learned to ride a bicycle, you never forget how to do it. But new research suggests that while learning, the brain is actively trying to forget.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients who are also racial and ethnic minorities suffer significant health disparities, while facing more complicated challenges than white…

The results are based on a survey with nearly 3,000 participating students in south-western Uganda.

Gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians experience more mood and anxiety disorders than other Canadians, and they are more likely to turn to heavy drinking.

In one of the first studies to ‘read’ the genetic activity inside individual brain cells, neuroscientists have identified the genetic machinery that causes maturation in a young nerve cell.

A cellular mechanism has been discovered by which kappa opioid receptors (KORs) drive anxiety. These proteins inhibit the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate in a part of the brain that regulates emotion. KORs are targets for the treatment of add…