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Scientists believe a new genetically-targeted therapy to treat motor neurone disease (MND) could be a turning point for patient care, after the results of a Phase 3 clinical trial showed significant physical benefits for patients after 12 months.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown barrier that separates the bloodstream from smelling cells in the upper airway of mice. But this barrier ends up keeping some of the larger molecules of the body’s immune system out, and that may be hinde…

Neuroscientists have explored how individual neurons in mice are influenced by two different cognitive and behavioral states — attention and running. These two states were once thought to share a common mechanism. However, in a new study published tod…

Simple computer-based neurocognitive training — using positive words and pictures designed to boost self-worth — prolongs the antidepressant effects of ketamine in people with treatment-resistant depression, researchers report.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain. The study, done in rats, provides new knowledge on the mechanisms behind anxiety-related disorders, and identifies shared m…

Deep learning models represent ‘an entirely new paradigm for studying dementia.’

Researchers have found regions in the woodpecker forebrain that show characteristics that until now have only been associated with vocal learning in animals and language in humans. The study shows that instead of being related to vocalization, activity…

Researchers introduce a new neurocomputational model of the human brain that could bridge the gap in understanding AI and the biological mechanisms underlying mental disorders.

A study of moles reveals that cold weather — not lack of food — drives the rare phenomenon of reversible brain shrinkage in mammals.

Social avoidance is a common symptom of PTSD, and scientists working to better understand why have laboratory evidence that while stress hormone levels consistently increase in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, there can be polar opposite c…