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The potential reasons why many patients with severe epilepsy still continue to experience seizures even after surgery have been outlined in a new report. Epilepsy continues to be a serious health problem and is the most common serious neurological diso…

Certain forms, or alleles, of a gene known to play a key role in the immune system appear to offer protection from Gulf War illness (GWI), Veterans Affairs researchers have found. Further, they discovered how such protection is manifested in the brain.

The origin of both colic and SIDS may be related to the gradual emergence of an infant’s ability to voluntarily control the release of air through the vocal track, suggest researchers.

Thanks to advances in big data and medicinal chemistry, scientists can screen thousands of molecules in the search for protein structures leading to new drugs for brain diseases.  

First study to provide molecular mechanisms for how eating high-fat foods in excess during adolescence alters executive functions.

A new study in rats could begin to explain why allergies during pregnancy are linked to higher risks for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism in children.

In new findings that could have an impact on the development of therapies for a number of currently untreatable brain disorders such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, scientists have found, for the first time, that a specific signaling circ…

New research on the brains of individuals 90 years and older who had superior memories until their deaths revealed widespread and dense Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles in some cases, considered full-blown Alzheimer’s pathology.

Researchers report the most detailed 3-D structure to date of the brain receptor that binds and responds to the chemical at the root of marijuana’s high.

A new study has identified a gene coding for a protein that turns off neurotransmission signaling, which contributes to Alzheimer’s disease (AD).