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Medical researchers may have discovered how chronic stress experienced early in life increases vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder later in life.

Researchers have developed thin, flexible polymer-based materials for use in microelectrode arrays that record activity more deeply in the brain and with more specific placement.

The ability of babies to differentiate emotional expressions appears to develop during their first six months. But do they really recognize emotion or do they only distinguish the physical characteristics of faces and voices? Researchers have just prov…

The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia damage certain areas and functions. In fact, recent findings in a Baycrest-University of Arizona study suggest that one method the brain uses to counter these diseas…

Inflammatory reactions can change the brain’s immune cells in the long term — meaning that these cells have an ‘immunological memory.’ This memory may influence the progression of neurological disorders that occur later in life, and is therefore a pre…

Scientists have engineered ferrets genetically to study abnormally small brain size in humans — and, in the process, discovered hints as to how our brains evolved.

Scientists have deconstructed the brain circuits that control parenting behavior in mice, and identified discrete sets of cells that control actions, motivations, and hormonal changes involved in nurturing young animals.

Researchers believe they have uncovered a method that could be useful in predicting a depressed patient’s treatment prognosis, prior to starting treatment.

The neuroscience lab that discovered that the brain connects directly to the immune system now has found evidence that doctors could load up the brain with custom blends of immune cells to battle genetic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases such as…

Exposure to smoke from wildfires was associated with increased rates of emergency room visits for heart- and stroke-related illness, especially among adults age 65 and older.