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Scientists have been able to show in their recently published study of two rhesus monkeys that planned and spontaneous gripping movements have the same brain activity during the movement but that the preceded brain activity differs.

Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a rare disease have identified a gene mutation associated with a perplexing brain condition that blinds and paralyzes patients.

Glial cells don’t just support neurons, the brain’s information processors. In pruning synapses, they also play a role in learning and memory, says study.

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown error in the transport of glutamine between astrocytes and neurons in the brain of mice with Huntington’s disease. At the same time, it is a relevant area on which to focus the effort of developing a fut…

New research demonstrates that an interactive therapy involving parents and their depressed preschoolers can reduce rates of depression and lower the severity of children’s symptoms.

Scientists have shown that combining a brain-computer interface (BCI) with functional electrical stimulation (FES) can help stroke victims recover greater use of their paralyzed arm — even years after the stroke.

System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems.

Anxious people take fewer risks — in itself this is not a surprising observation. However, psychologists have succeeded in making this decision process visible in the brain, allowing them to predict the behavior of individuals.

New contributions to the field of epilepsy have opened a window into the cellular events that occur in the brain during absence seizures.