For families of children with severe epilepsy, controlling seizures is often just the beginning of their challenges. Even in ...

Why does the brain of some people stay sharp into their 80s and beyond? An expert explains what 25 years of exploring the brain tissue of “SuperAgers” has discovered.

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

The stained slides are cleaned, sealed under glass and sent for analysis. “Only when we look under the microscope can we make ...

Researchers have shown that astrocytes in the lateral hypothalamus play a pivotal role in how stress shapes behavior, particularly after early-life adversity.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University show that the repetitive part of ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Many of those who've exhibited lifelong antisocial, aka sociopathic, behavior -- lying, impulsiveness, aggression, lacking concern for others -- have abnormal brain structures, according to a new ...

A suspected perpetrator who can barely remember his name, several traffic violations committed by a woman in her mid-fifties who is completely unreasonable and doesn't understand her behavior—should ...

A team of scientists identifies a molecular mechanism that helps explain how airborne toxins influences Lewy body dementia ...

Canadian researchers show that stress modifies the morphology of brain cells in mice, directly influencing the rodents' level ...