Shared gut microbe imbalances found across autism, ADHD, and anorexia nervosa: A new study has identified distinct patterns in the gut bacteria of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder…

Research in Mice Reveals Brain Cells That Drive—And Prevent—Anxiety

Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of ‘pacemaker’ – has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression and anxiety in an ‘open label’ trial

Some of exercise’s brain-enhancing benefits can be transferred through tiny particles found in the blood

Contrary to expectations, a new study finds that pre-treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) worsened cannabis-induced memory impairment and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia patients — challenging the belief that CBD protects against THC.

How the brain decides what to remember: with a virtual reality-based behavioral model in mice, the scientists discovered that long-term memory is orchestrated by key regulators that either promote memories into progressively more lasting forms or demote them until they are forgotten

Existing evidence does not clearly link maternal paracetamol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy with autism or ADHD in offspring, finds a new umbrella review of systematic reviews published in The BMJ today.

Exercise enhances memory, mood, and learning through stronger glutamate signaling but can become toxic when pushed too far, according to a review of 57 studies.

Distracting adults during task makes them behave like children

Massive international brain scan study of nearly 9,000 children and teens finds the same pattern of cortical surface area shrinkage across anxiety, depression, ADHD and conduct problems in brain regions that support emotion…