To learn about how we recognize faces, neuroscientists study the most and least skilled face recognizers.
Do I know you?
Stressing Yourself Sick: The Impact of Stress on the Gut
How does stress affect the health and function of your gut?
Am I Hearing Things?
For the first time, researchers can study auditory hallucinations in mice
The Neurological Exam
Searching for clues to diagnose problems in the brain
The Neuroscience of Narcolepsy
Loss of one type of neuron can throw sleep transitions into chaos
An unexpected molecule helps mice walk again
A hyperactive form of an immune molecule helped neurons regenerate their connections after injury
When concussion symptoms stick around: the elusive post-concussion syndrome
What is post-concussion syndrome and what causes it? We’re still not sure.
COVID-19 and the Brain: An Update
Summarizing the latest work on how SARS-CoV-2 affects the nervous system
Feeling Frosty
Some people are sad that winter is here, but others have S.A.D.- Seasonal Affective Disorder
The Autonomic Nervous System and Dysautonomia
The nervous system is constantly regulating many important processes in the body, all without us having to consciously think about it. How does it do this, and what happens when things go wrong?
The Sound of Music Therapy: Harmony between the Brain and its Memories
How can scientists and health professionals harness the power of music for more than just dancing?
A Wandering Mind
A peek into the mechanisms and treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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
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