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Latest research out today has found that psychological therapies, more commonly known as ‘talking treatments’, may help people who self- harm.

Using fruit flies as a traumatic brain injury model may hold the key to identifying important genes and pathways that promote the repair of and minimize damage to the nervous system, new research suggests.

Using a new imaging agent that binds to tau protein and makes it visible in positron emission tomography (PET) scans, scientists have shown that measures of tau are better markers of the cognitive decline characteristic of Alzheimer’s than measures of …

Researchers have described the first ‘direct experimental proof’ that the Brazilian strain of Zika virus can actually cause severe birth defects.

Some anesthesia drugs work in a straightforward manner by dampening down neurons in the brain. The mechanism of one anesthetic, however, has proved elusive: ketamine. When ketamine is used for general anesthesia, two connected parts of the cortex turn …

Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy have been developed. In them, the virus migrated from the pregnant mouse’s bloodstream into the placenta, where it multiplied, then spread into the fetal circulation and infected the brains of the d…

Employees’ experiences of fairness at work can impact on their health, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA).

A new discovery could help people suffering with single-sided deafness (SSD) find a treatment quicker — and could potentially lead to a cure. SSD can be caused by a number of things — from viral infections to brain tumors — and is currently incurabl…

A new study used LEGO bricks to investigate the neurocognitive underpinnings of our engagements with symbolic objects. The study suggests that we experience symbolic objects as social entities.