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Maternal obesity and androgen excess induce sex-specific anxiety in the offspring, according to a study on mice. The findings may help explain why children born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have increased risk of developing anxiety …

Based on experimental evidence physicists publish revolutionary new theory on brain learning that contradicts the most common assumption in neuroscience, will transform our understanding of brain function, and open new horizons for advanced deep learni…

A team of biologists has deciphered how neurons used in the perception of motion form in the brain of a fly — a finding that illustrates how complex neuronal circuits are constructed from simple developmental rules.

In the perennial question of nature versus nurture, a new study suggests an intriguing connection between the two. Scientists report that the type of mothering a female mouse provides her pups actually changes their DNA. The work lends support to studi…

Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism through which information can be effectively transmitted across many areas in the brain — a finding that offers a potentially new way of understanding how consciousness arises.

Biochemists are working on substances that are to help fighting three widespread diseases: depression, chronic pain and obesity.

Researchers have used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer once it spreads to the brain.

Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological assessment before being discharged, suggests a new study.

The most common gene mutation associated with Parkinson’s alters cells circulating outside the brain, not within, offering a new understanding of what causes the disease.

Older adults often complain about forgetting, but psychologists now suggest that another problem may be misremembering.