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Coffee is often hailed for its health benefits, but new research finds that long-term consumption could be more of a hindrance for people with Alzheimer’s.

Physical activity has long been known to reduce depression and anxiety, and is commonly prescribed to prevent or cure negative mental health conditions. A new review suggests the physical activity frequency and volume are essential factors in the relat…

An advance by neuroscientists could lead to a better understanding of astrocytes, a star-shaped brain cell believed to play a key role in neurological disorders like Lou Gehrig’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.

A mother’s ‘basic instinct’ to grab her wandering offspring and return them to the nest depends on a specific set of brain cell signals, a new study in mice finds.

For the first time, researchers have used MRIs to show that babies with the neurodevelopmental condition fragile X syndrome had less-developed white matter compared to infants that did not develop the condition. Imaging various sections of white matter…

New research by scientists shows that when cellular barriers are exposed to metal nanoparticles, cellular messengers are released that may cause damage to the DNA of developing brain cells. The discovery may have implications for the development of pot…

Long-term memory of specific places is stored in the brain in so-called place cells. Neuroscientists have now ‘reprogrammed’ such place cells in free-roaming mice, by sending electrical impulses directly to individual neurons.

Cats deaf from an early age have increased outgoing connections from the auditory cortex to a midbrain region responsible for directing the animal to a particular location in its environment. The study is the first to examine the reorganization of outp…

Researchers have developed a new PET imaging agent that could help guide and assess treatments for people with various neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis. The agent targets receptors in nerve cells in the …

New research may have found a useful strategy for overcoming the sometimes paralyzing fear of embarrassment or ridicule in social situations.