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Bad news for introverts and romantics everywhere: dim lighting seems to have…undesirable effects on our brains and cognitive skills, says a new study.

Scientists have modified a test for early diagnosis of prion diseases with the goal of improving early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. The group tested cerebral spinal fluid samples from people with Parkinson’s disease; …

Lay people tend to think that insomnia is usually a symptom of something else, like stress, a bad diet or a sedentary lifestyle, but this may not be true at all. It is possible that insomnia itself causes many of the conditions that it is seen as a sym…

How are raw sensory signals transformed into a brain representation of the world that surrounds us? Investigators have now uncovered the contributions to perception of a brain region called posterior parietal cortex. They show that posterior parietal c…

People with psychotic disorder who received virtual reality-based therapy as well as usual treatment showed strong reductions in paranoia and anxiety.

Individuals with psychotic disorder display a range of cognitive deficits. A new study set out to understand how early in life these deficits appear.

Researchers have discovered a structure on viruses that makes them better at crossing from the bloodstream into the brain – a key factor for administering gene therapies at lower doses for treating brain and spinal disorders. Experiments also showed …

Scientists discover critical gene activity follows a biological clock, affecting diseases of the brain and body.

Scientists have succeeded for the first time in tracking individual stem cells and their neuronal progeny over months within the intact adult brain. This study sheds light on how new neurons are produced throughout life.

Studying deep brain tissues noninvasively is difficult. Now scientists have developed a way to send light deep into the brain without invasive optical fibers. The method uses infrared light outside the head to activate upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs…