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An international team of researchers that pooled genetic samples from developmentally disabled patients from around the world has identified dozens of new mutations in a single gene that appears to be critical for brain development. DDX3X mutations lea…

You just finished a good meal and are feeling full? Researchers have just revealed the mechanisms in our brains that lead to this state. They involve a series of reactions triggered by a rise in blood glucose levels.

New research has provided important insight into how oxytocin could be administered in a more targeted and effective way to help treat social problems that occur in a range of psychiatric disorders.

Within hours of birth, a baby’s gaze is drawn to faces. Now, brain scans of newborns reveal the neurobiology underlying this behavior, showing that as young as six days old a baby’s brain appears hardwired for the specialized tasks of seeing faces and …

People with mild traumatic brain injury who are exposed to early morning blue light therapy may experience a decrease in depression and other concussion symptoms, according to a preliminary study.

The advanced technology has the potential to change acute stroke treatment.

A study reveals a neural circuit that appears to underlie sensory hypersensitivity in a mouse model of autism, offering a possible strategy for developing new treatments.

Happiness, as measured by a wearable biometric device, was closely related to productivity among a group of factory workers, reveals a recent study.

Researchers have shown that microglia, a class of immune cells in the brain, regulate the permeability of the brain’s protective barrier in response to systemic inflammation. During inflammation, microglia initially protect the barrier’s integrity, but…

A research team has found that brains treated with certain drugs within a few days of an injury have a dramatically reduced risk of developing epilepsy later in life. The development of epilepsy is a major clinical complication after brain injury, and …