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An international team of scientists has used a wireless “brain-spinal interface” to bypass spinal cord injuries in a pair of rhesus macaques, restoring intentional walking movement to a temporarily paralyzed leg. The researchers say this is the first t…

Women have better memories than men throughout life, even though their ability to recall dips at menopause. This study links memory function with hormones.

Altering synaptic plasticity leads to a computational switch in a hippocampal synapse: the presynaptic neuron turns into “detonator” mode, causing its postsynaptic partner to fire more readily.

A promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has been found by researchers who noticed a similarity in the way insulin signaling works in the brain and in the pancreas of diabetic patients.

A new study found that speech difficulties are linked with difficulties in learning to read when children first start school, but these effects are no longer apparent at 8 years of age.

Synapses, the place where brain cells contact one another, play a pivotal role in the transmission of toxic proteins. This allows neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s to spread through the brain, scientists conclude. If the spreading of the…

Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered the neurological reasons why those with anorexia and bulimia nervosa are able to override the urge to eat.

Surgery is an option for patients who do not respond to medications and have epileptic scar tissue that can be removed safely. In 60 to 70 percent of surgery patients, seizures are completely eliminated, and the success rate likely will improve as imag…

The researchers discovered an important ‘on’ button in DIXDC1 protein that instructs brain cells to form mature connections called synapses with other brain cells during development.