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A new study reports that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) feel more distress when viewing images to provoke OCD-related emotions than their unaffected siblings. Although the unaffected siblings showed lower levels of distress, they had h…

Scientists have shone new light on how the human brain uses past experiences and generalizes them to future events, helping us safely navigate the world around us.

For years, doctors have associated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations with an increased risk of breast cancer. But researchers have now identified another gene that may have an impact on breast cancer –associated with the body’s circadian rhythm.

A new study reports that dementia-related and psychiatric-related proteins cluster together to form aggregates in the brain, leading to abnormal cell function and behavior. Aggregation of the protein TDP-43 is a hallmark of a pathological process that …

Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin triggered inflammation and the appearance of cancer-related genes in the brains of rats, a new study has found.

New findings demonstrate that there may be ways to address blood-brain barrier dysfunction in epilepsy.

Blurry and clear versions of an image are represented similarly in the brain, according to a neuroimaging study. The research shows how the visual system fills in missing information to maintain perception when visibility is low.

A brain network that gives rise to feelings of gratitude has been uncovered. The study could spur future investigations into how these ‘building blocks’ transform social information into complex emotions.

The locus coeruleus is a nucleus that controls attention, memory and alertness, but a study shows that it seems to weaken in later years.

For millions of Americans who are obese and living with diabetes or prediabetes, feelings of sadness, anger and anxiety are often part of daily life. A new study suggests those negative feelings may stem from problems regulating blood sugar levels that…