A peek into the mechanisms and treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
A Wandering Mind
It’s in the blood
How scientists transferred the cognitive benefits of exercise to aged mice…without having to work out
Neurological complications of Lyme disease
Tick season is here, and so is the potential for Lyme disease
COVID-19 and the Brain
What we know (and don’t know) about how the novel coronavirus affects the nervous system
Light at night may mess with your brain
A new study may help us understand how nighttime light exposure leads to behavior changes
Aphasia as a Symptom of Autoimmune Encephalitis
Many types of brain injury and disease, including autoimmune encephalitis, can cause a language disorder named aphasia that affects at least 2 million Americans
The Hope for A Cure
Huntington’s disease ravages the brain, but exciting new therapies offer hope for the future
A World Without Smell
What causes someone to lose the sense of smell?
Diagnosing Autoimmune Encephalitis
For a difficult-to-diagnose disease, PET imaging may offer better insight than MRI
A Punch in the Gut
Parkinson’s disease and the GI tract have more in common than you might think
LSD on the brain
A psychedelic drug may be a therapeutic breakthrough
How “little brains” may help us treat brain cancer
Developing organoids from a patient’s brain tumor may help to understand how to treat them
The Bilingual Brain
Research finds that learning to speak more than one language, especially as a child, leads to long-lasting cognitive benefits.
How does sleep affect the blood-brain barrier?
The blood-brain barrier plays a critical role in protecting the brain. However, sleep loss can lower its defenses, increasing the vulnerability of the brain.
The “Immune” in Autoimmune Encephalitis: The Role of T and B Cells
How does the immune system work, and what happens when it attacks the brain?
The link between smoking and diabetes
New study reveals how a certain protein plays a role in both nicotine addiction and type II diabetes
Transforming cells to repair the brain
By introducing a single protein, gene therapy can help repair the brain after injury
More than a bug bite
Zika and West Nile viruses cause cognitive problems when immune cells team up
The protein that makes you feel pain
Different conditions uncover how one protein is important in controlling pain
Defining Glioblastoma
New research points to why this deadly cancer is so hard to treat
Why are Alzheimer’s disease drugs failing?
Targeting an important protein in the pathway of Alzheimer’s disease is not proving itself to be the cure-all people hoped for
When Your Brain is on Fire
What happens when your body attacks your brain?
Medical CBD
A compound found in cannabis offers a new treatment for epilepsy
Yoga and the brain
Yoga and meditation may soon be used as interventions for clinical conditions such as depression
Your Brain With A Migraine
Migraines are much more than just headaches, so what exactly is going on in the brain to cause them?
“Zombie” Brains
What did the study that revived dead pig brains actually show?
Deep Brain Stimulation
30 years of DBS and how much we still don’t know
A Gut Feeling
How specific bacteria in your gut are linked to mood disorders and quality of life
Chemo-brain
How do cancer treatments cause thinking and memory problems?
Consciousness and Coma
What happens in the brain to produce disorders of consciousness?
