Brain

Surveying patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researchers report that those who tested positive for THC, the...

If you don't want to dumb down with age, vitamin D may be the ticket. Daily supplementation of vitamin D over several months helped...

Oxytocin, the body's natural love potion, helps couples fall in love, makes mothers bond with their babies, and encourages teams to work together. Now...

Autism is characterized by many different symptoms: difficulty interacting with others, repetitive behaviors, and hypersensitivity to sound and other stimuli. MIT neuroscientists have put...

One in every 68 American children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, diagnosis of this condition is stuck in the dark ages —...

Since the start of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 300,000 soldiers have returned to the United States with traumatic brain...

Scientists at Cambridge and Leeds have successfully reversed age-related memory loss in mice and say their discovery could lead to the development of treatments...

(Fig. 1. Parasitic protozoans Toxoplasma gondii in tachyzoite stage.) A new study suggests a link between Toxoplasma Gondii (T. gondii) infection and the risk of...

The brains of active older adults have higher levels of a class of proteins that have been shown to enhance the connections between neurons...