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Scientists have now completed an exceptionally detailed map of the brain’s memory bank, the hippocampus. Intricate insight into hippocampus’ structure and function opens new opportunities to treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Researchers present a comprehensive genome-wide map of RNA splicing variation in the aging brain. The novel insights could offer new strategies for diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists have discovered that regular use of the party drug GHB, and especially unconsciousness following GHB use, is associated with brain changes including negative effects on long-term memory, working memory, IQ, and higher levels of stress and an…

A pilot study has found that pregnant women who have suffered from depression or bipolar disorder (i.e. both mania and depression) recognize babies’ faces and how babies laugh or cry, differently to healthy controls. This happens even if they are not c…

Researchers have discovered that the same gene which increases your risk of depression following financial stress as you grow older also reduces your chance of depression associated with friendship and relationships stresses when young- your social net…

New research sheds light on the possible genetic causes of Tourette’s syndrome and the brain development disruptions that characterize the condition.

After unearthing and analyzing handwritten documentation from scientist Samuel Morton, a doctoral candidate drew a new conclusion about the infamous 19th-century collection: though Morton accurately measured the brain size of hundreds of human skulls, …

Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects in the brain, but now scientists can look in real time at how head injury affects thousands of individual cells and genes simultaneously in mice. This approach could lead to precise treatments for traum…

Long-term exposure to periodontal disease bacteria causes inflammation and degeneration of brain neurons in mice that is similar to the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in humans. Periodontal disease may be an initiator of Alzheimer’s.