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Researchers have learned something surprising about the cerebellum, perhaps best known as the part of the brain that makes sure you cannot tickle yourself. The team found that cerebellar neurons, once thought to fire only occasionally, are actually qui…

Standard antidepressant medications don’t work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression treatments, researchers discovered that inhibiting an enzyme called Glyoxalase 1 (GLO1) relieves signs o…

Standard antidepressant medications don’t work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression treatments, researchers discovered that inhibiting an enzyme called Glyoxalase 1 (GLO1) relieves signs o…

If a mother picks up an infection during pregnancy, her immune system will kick into action to clear the infection — but this self-defense mechanism may also have a small influence how her child’s brain develops in the womb, in ways that are similar t…

If a mother picks up an infection during pregnancy, her immune system will kick into action to clear the infection — but this self-defense mechanism may also have a small influence how her child’s brain develops in the womb, in ways that are similar t…

A new study looked into human and rat brain samples and found that the biological structures potentially contributing to Fragile X syndrome are present in adult brains — something that mouse samples did not show.

A new study looked into human and rat brain samples and found that the biological structures potentially contributing to Fragile X syndrome are present in adult brains — something that mouse samples did not show.

Today is the International Day of Happiness. A new report, however, finds that happiness levels in America are falling, largely due to a ‘social crisis.’

Doctors have produced the first evidence of deep brain stimulation’s lasting effectiveness in a four-year study. The method could serve in the future as an optional therapy for critically ill patients, suggests a new report.

With just an inexpensive micro-thin surgical needle and laser light, engineers have discovered a minimally invasive, inexpensive way to take high-resolution pictures of an animal brain, a process that also could lead to a much less invasive method for …