A popular technique for studying brain disorders, known as lesion network mapping (LNM), appears to have a fundamental ...

Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

Gifu University scientists have uncovered how a brain-specific enzyme reshapes protein-linked sugar chains to facilitate the ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this process possible. Among the discoveries is PEDS1, a gene now linked to a ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

Kenneth Kendler, one of the most influential and prolific psychiatric researchers and historians of our time, recently published two articles examining the role of the brain in psychiatric disorders: ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

In an exciting scientific first, researchers at the Allen Institute successfully designed a new gene therapy that reversed symptoms related to SYNGAP1-related disorders (SRD) in mice. These are a ...

The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...