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A chaotic household, as well as child and parent depression, are risk factors for worse asthma outcomes in urban minority children, according to a new article.

A molecule known as VPS35 detects and removes defective proteins from neurons. Researchers show for the first time that VPS35 clears the brain of a potentially harmful protein called tau, which otherwise accumulates and contributes to neurodegenerative…

A first-of-its-kind experiment shows that ignoring addiction-related cues is something that we can control by exercising executive brain functions.

A commonly used imaging linear contrast agent, gadodiamide, does accumulate in the brain early in MS but there is no discernible clinical impact.

New WSU research shows people can be taught coping mechanisms to avoid negative responses to boring situations.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has many symptoms, one of which is hyperfocus. Hyperfocus causes a person to fixate on things that interest them. Learn more about hyperfocus in ADHD, as well as how to manage it, here.

The shape and connectivity of brain networks — discrete areas of the brain that work together to perform complex cognitive tasks — can change in fundamental and recurring ways over time, according to a new study.

The brain appears to implement a GPS system for spatial navigation; however, it is not yet fully understood how it works. Researchers now suggest that rhythmic fluctuations in brain activity, so-called theta oscillations, may play a role in this process.

We are hard-wired to process — or not process — facial differences based on race. And that process occurs in the earliest filters of our thought process, according to newly published research.

New research finds a link between the size and structure of a brain region called the choroid plexus and the development of psychosis.