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Individuals who suffer from migraine headaches appear to have a hyper-excitable visual cortex.

The protein tau has long been implicated in Alzheimer’s and a host of other debilitating brain diseases. But scientists have struggled to understand exactly how tau converts from its normal, functional form into a misfolded, harmful one. By analyzing b…

Researchers found that the neurons involved in Pavlovian learning shift their behavior during the learning process and become more synchronized when a memory is formed.

Is free will just an illusion? For decades, a signal from the brain called the ‘readiness potential’ has been interpreted to mean that free will may be an illusion. Backed by signals from the brain and lungs, scientists have discovered that the readine…

In a new study, researchers report they can manipulate how the brain encodes and retains emotional memories. The scientists found that focusing on the neutral details of a disturbing scene can weaken a person’s later memories — and negative impression…

Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender indivi…

It’s 5 p.m. as you leave the parking garage at work, but you realize you have no idea which way to turn to travel home. You know where you are and what street your house is on — it’s just that you can’t remember how to get there.

An advanced imaging technology is allowing scientists unprecedented access into brain activities during intricate behaviors. The ‘Flyception2′ system has produced the first-ever picture of what happens in the brain during mating in any organism, in add…

Researchers shed new light on the genetic relationship between three mood disorders associated with depression — major depression and bipolar disorder types 1 and 2 — in a new study.

Depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior and poor cognitive performance in children is affected by the amount of sleep they have, researchers have found.