Neuroscience

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases. It affects some 2.5 million people worldwide. It has no...

CHICAGO — Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new pathway in the brain that can be manipulated to alleviate depression....

Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Duke University, and collaborators have identified a novel signaling system controlling neuronal...

Tau PET is a new and promising imaging method for Alzheimer’s disease. A case study from Lund University in Sweden...

For the past 100 years, scientists have understood that different areas of the brain serve unique purposes. Only recently have...

Cranial neural crest cells — which give rise to the bones and cartilage of the skull — are vulnerable to...

A scientific blueprint to end tobacco cravings may be on the way after researchers crystallized a protein that holds answers...

Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain’s biological complexity allows it...

Synapses, connecting the neurons in our brains, continuously encode new memories, but the ability to form new memories (“learning”) diminishes...

Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) may manifest as pathological changes in the retina of the eye. Research from...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins report they have identified a protein that enables a toxic natural aggregate to spread from cell...

New research in game theory shows that people are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and...

Researchers have long known that emotional disorders have a lot in common. Many often occur together, like depression and social...

Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT...