Loneliness rewires the brain to drive alcohol consumption, mouse study finds: « First-of-its-kind study shows how isolation escalates drinking in males but suppresses it in females

Depression stalls the formation of new neurons in the adult hippocampus, with the entire internal circuit experiencing molecular changes, signs of inflammation…

Researchers have uncovered the neural mechanism that instructs the brain which daily experiences to save as long-term memories during sleep

Number of types of synaesthesia can be predicted above chance by structural and functional neuroimaging data

Noninvasive brain stimulation helped people with social anxiety better control avoidance behaviors in a new study, suggesting targeted stimulation of specific brain regions may improve responses to feared social situations.

In recent years, researchers have suggested Alzheimer's may spread through infection, somehow transmitted like a pathogen, leading to the disease

Small fMRI study shows recall of NDEs is consistent with autobiographical memory and not similar to neural patterns seen in primary sensory hallucinations

Miniature models of the human brain can be kept alive for years, allowing scientists to study neural development and brain diseases

It is not amyloid plaques that cause sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease but microglia

Digital amnesia. Taking screenshots makes you more likely to forget information

Researchers argue brain waves actively steer neurons rather than merely reflecting them, making thought a partly analog process

Researchers tested standardized oral THC in 171 adults with PTSD-related nightmares

Ketamine’s rapid relief of suicidal thoughts may be linked to an increase in morning cortisol

Brain scans reveal that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share strikingly similar patterns of brain changes, adding to growing evidence that the two conditions may have more in common biologically than previously thought.

At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died during 2016-21 had evidence of brain disease at death linked to repeated head impacts

MRI may help predict progression in early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

A urinary tract infection that follows a moderate brain injury can worsen cognitive problems caused by the injury, new research in mice shows

Brain imaging study found how we retrieve a memory can alter how the brain represents it the next time, with memories retaining neural traces of previous recall, suggesting that memory is something that can change as we use it

Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed as warding-off Alzheimer's disease

Stress hormone CRH actively helps repair the brain after injury by restoring damaged myelin sheaths

Deep sleep brain waves offer protection against Alzheimer’s disease, new research shows

Learning Alzheimer’s disease signatures by bridging EEG with spiking neural networks and biophysical simulations

How mice learn to think out of the box: silencing the prefrontal cortex boost the adoption of a new, more effective problem-solving strategy by actively promoting an old habit, suggesting that thinking outside the box may require suppressing executive control

Normal blood pressure, no diabetes, and not smoking in midlife may buy nearly 13 extra dementia-free years

Sensory Overload Tied to Autism and Anxiety—Not ADHD

'Physical Scar': Early Trauma Can Fundamentally Change Brain Cells

Male circumcision just after birth does not increase autism risk

Study finds that one in four former NFL players suffers from degenerative brain disease CTE

Children using social media at younger age appear to do worse in school tests

Preclinical Study Suggests Restoring Inhibitory Neuron Plasticity May Reverse Neurodevelopmental Disorder Symptoms

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