A new imaging study showed that listening to favorite music affects the function of the brain's opioid system.
Getting therapeutic drugs past the blood-brain barrier has long been a major challenge in treating brain diseases. Now, researchers have explored how cholesterol-modified heteroduplex oligonucleotides (Chol-HDOs)...
Complex protein interactions at synapses are essential for memory formation in our brains, but the mechanisms behind these processes remain poorly understood. Now, researchers have developed...
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. In the affected areas, nerve...
Step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app boosts people's desire to exercise.
A new study suggests that climate trauma -- such as experiencing a devastating wildfire -- can have lasting effects on cognitive function.
Why does dementia affect more women than men? To help solve this mystery, researchers uncovered a new risk factor: age of menopause onset.
'Do we see colors the same way?' is a fundamentally human question and one of great importance in research into the human mind. While impossible to...
A new study has found important clues about the roles age, sex, hormonal changes and genetics play in how certain biomarkers for dementia are expressed in...
Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as...