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Women whose partners are away on military deployment are at greater risk of developing mental illness during the perinatal period, according to a review article.

When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study.

Three common drugs typically prescribed for cardiovascular problems or diabetes could also help fight the symptoms of severe mental health conditions.

Scientists have provided, for the first time, evidence which links the ability of red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite to bind to the cells lining the blood vessels of the brain, with the clinical syndrome cerebral malaria.

Improvements in three-photon microscopy have allowed scientists to see activity in all layers of the visual cortex and the ‘subplate’ below.

A handful of brain cells deep in the brain may play a surprising role in controlling women’s bone density, according to new research. Researchers showed that blocking a particular set of signals from these cells causes female (but not male) mice to bui…

A new study has found that astrocytes, previously thought of as just supporting neurons in regulating circadian rhythms, can actually lead the tempo of the body’s internal clock and have been shown for the first time to be able to control patterns of d…

A new study used neuroimaging techniques to show that social exclusion increases the number of ideological and group values worth fighting and dying for in populations vulnerable to radicalization. The study focused on neural activity in a region of th…

An inter-disciplinary research team has successfully employed machine learning to uncover new insights into the cellular architecture of the human brain. This approach could potentially be used to assess treatment of neurological disorders, and to deve…