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More than 3 million Americans suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition that usually emerges in childhood and...

The question is straightforward enough: How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world? The full answer...

Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function. One...

It may sound unusual, but it’s true: In recent years a growing number of people have been hooking their heads...

MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a...

Scientists have long wondered if the human brain contains neural mechanisms specific to music perception. Now, for the first time,...

Although it is known that psychiatric disorders have a strong genetic component, untangling the web of genes contributing to each...

MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found...

Male zebra finches, small songbirds native to central Australia, learn their songs by copying what they hear from their fathers....

Some mental illnesses may stem, in part, from the brain’s inability to correctly assign emotional associations to events. For example,...

On March 29, Nature Genetics published a research article entitled “Genetic lineage tracing identifies endocardial origin of liver vasculature”, from...

Washington, DC – April 5, 2016 – A compound found in red wine, resveratrol, reduces the risk of heart disease...

Argentinian researchers from the Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas have developed a new trap that can be used...

BOSTON – Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have identified inflammatory factors that cause optic neuropathy in the...

Credit: A. Castellanos Coeliac disease is a chronic, immunological disease that is manifested as intolerance to gluten proteins present in...

Credit: Qing Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences New research led by Professor Cathie Martin of the John Innes Centre has...

It’s been known for more than a century that acetaminophen is an effective painkiller, but according to a new U...

Some cells are meant to live, and some are meant to die. The linker cell of Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny...

The recent epidemic of Zika virus infections in South and Latin America has raised serious concerns on its ramifications for...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Zika virus may be associated with an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain’s myelin similar...