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An altered function of Cdk5 kinase — an essential enzyme in several cell signalling pathways — could explain the physiopathology of the depressive-like behavior in Huntington’s disease.

Growing up in poverty and experiencing traumatic events like a bad accident or sexual assault were linked to accelerated puberty and brain maturation, abnormal brain development, and greater mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psy…

Researchers have suspected that the body’s various circadian clocks can operate independently from the central clock in the hypothalamus of the brain. Now, they have found a way to test that theory.

Concussion symptoms — such as loss of balance and ability to walk straight — can be reversed by a new type of magnetic stimulation.

An imbalance of functioning in attention-related brain systems may help forecast the course of teen depression, according to a new study.

A new study finds that people have implicit negative biases against people with disfigured faces, without knowingly harboring such biases.

A study group clarified that cognitive therapy maintained its effects more than a year after the end of therapy for patients with a social anxiety disorder even for those who did not respond to antidepressant drugs.

Sometimes consumers will switch their preferences, known in industry terms as ‘customer churn.’ While economists have previously called that an error in rationality, a new study says an important part of inconsistent choice-making is due to idiosyncrat…

Researchers developed a cable-free recording method that can measure brain activity associated with social behavior in mice. The method was based on a bioluminescent indicator of membrane voltage called ‘LOTUS-V’, which was delivered to cells via a gen…

Tiny channels between nerve cells are involved in a newly discovered mechanism of how Parkinson’s disease can spread throughout the brain, according to new research from Linköping University, Sweden. The results demonstrate that harmful protein aggreg…