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Emerging evidence on the development, ‘prodromal’ characteristics, and long-term course of schizophrenia provide reasons for optimism for developing new treatments and preventive approaches for this devastating disorder, according to new research.

Brain swelling is a strong predictor of death in children with cerebral malaria (a severe form of the disease where parasites have accumulated in brain vessels), and also in mice with experimental cerebral malaria. A high-resolution whole brain imaging…

Evidence of grid cell activity has been seen in healthy volunteers asked to imagine moving through an environment. The study used fMRI scans to detect brain activity consistent with grid cell activity in the entorhinal cortex, an important ‘hub’ for na…

Researchers have developed a way to obtain super-resolution 3-D images of delicate structures deep in the brain.The work describes a new process for making brain tissue transparent that outperforms other methods and allows extremely detailed imaging of…

No matter how much we practice a given movement, it will still be imperfect. The reason for this frustration, according to a new study by neuroscientists, is in how we sense the world. A given individual neuron varies in its activity even when we see e…

Neuroscientists have described the activity of newly generated brain cells in awake mice — a process known as adult neurogenesis — and revealed the critical role these cells play in forming memories. The new research also offers clues as to what happ…

Oxytocin — “the love hormone” — may enhance compassion of people suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new study. Compassion is pro-social motivation to help others who are in distress. It is an outcome of emo…

Researchers have optimized the techniques for studying motor learning in order to repeatedly assess the activity of neurons for days, weeks, or even months. These sophisticated approaches allow the further characterization of the neurons that are conti…

The societies we live in can have a direct influence on how dishonest people may be, according to a new study from The University of Nottingham.