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In lab tests, researchers have created a metal-based molecule that inhibits the build-up of a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Antibiotic exposure early in life could alter human brain development in areas responsible for cognitive and emotional functions, according to researchers.

A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider, new research pinpoints the brain regions that drive rats to prioritize their nearest and dearest in times of crisis. It al…

A research team revealed a newly developed hydrogel-based flexible brain-machine interface.

In a mouse model, brain regions involved in working memory present a modular network organization that is critical for persistent neural activity.

A novel method of gene therapy is helping children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency that causes severe physical and developmental disabilities. The study offers new hope to those living with incurable genetic and neurodegenerati…

The blood-brain barrier protects the brain and is notoriously hard to get past for drug delivery, making it difficult to treat disorders in the central nervous system. In a mice study, a team of researchers used a novel approach to study the barrier an…

In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor’s visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, established in the 1970s, a child’s numbers can confirm…

Listening to vocal music is a simple and cost-efficient way of promoting recovery and brain health after a stroke.

Researchers recently examined how biological factors impact anxiety disorders. The team studied male and female rodent models to better understand sex differences in biological responses related to anxiety.