The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in ...

Scientists may have identified a way to detect the earliest biological signs of Alzheimer’s disease, long before the onset of ...

It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps ...

Columbia scientists found BNST brain region (sunflower seed-sized) controls eating by linking taste, hunger, and stress.

Northwestern researchers have made notable scientific advancements in the past week. The Daily compiled a recap of their latest findings. NU scientists identified additional areas of the brain ...

When we recall something familiar or explore a new situation, the brain does not always use the same communication routes.

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes ...

A definitive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., can only happen posthumously through a weeks-long ...

Thermal sensations are consciously differentiated as hot or cold by the brain; however, the neural mechanism that enables this differentiation is not well understood. To address this, researchers have ...