Cleveland Clinic researchers are three years into a longitudinal brain study, in which volunteers are undergoing periodic medical imaging, cognitive assessments and neuropsychological exams to help ...

MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling ...

A sudden burst of energy that surges through our brains as we die could be evidence of the ‘soul leaving the body’, a ...

Researchers have identified two distinct groups of neurons that help the brain evaluate risk and reward in decision-making.

Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving through it. Known as the 'motion-source ...

But the performance of the technology—how easily and accurately a BCI user’s thoughts move a cursor, for example—is limited ...

Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the world. Blunt force trauma to the brain, often from a bad fall or traffic acc ...

Researchers suggest drugs that prevent cholesterol from being converted to 24-OHC might therefore be an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease.

A MYSTERIOUS burst of energy that happens in the brain as we die could be the soul leaving the body, according to an expert.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have identified specific neuronal cells that are essential to our understanding of other people. Runnan ...

A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) developed a computational method to improve techniques to track brain cell development over time. By studying neurons and their dynamics in brain ...