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Sickness-induced insomnia is common because of the link between the brain and the immune system. Fighting off illness- rather than the illness itself- causes sleep deprivation and affects memory, a new study has found. Biologists said a common percepti…

Children learn a great deal about the world from their own exploration, but they also rely on what adults tell them.

Bipolar disorder (BD) is among the 10 most burdensome medical conditions, according to the World Health Organization.

A simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease has been developed by researchers. The team demonstrated that their new MRI approach can detect people who have early-stage Parkinson’s disease with 85 perc…

A recently published clinical study has answered an urgent question that long puzzled ER pediatricians: Is the drug lorazepam really safer and more effective than diazepam – the U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medication as first line ther…

A mechanism in brain development that, when disrupted, may play a role in cerebral cortex circuit disorders, including autism, schizophrenia, and childhood epilepsy, has been discovered by researchers. The study examines how one intracellular signaling…

An objective review of larger patterns and trends offers strategies to reduce gun violence in the United States.

Traumatic brain injuries from sports, recreational activities, falls or car accidents are the leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents. While previously it was believed that the window for brain recovery was at most one year af…

How neurons are created and integrate with each other is one of biology’s greatest riddles. Now, a researcher unravels a part of the mystery by describing a mechanism that explains novel aspects of how the wiring of highly branched neurons in the bra…