Neurology
Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline in Trial—But Is It a Breakthrough?
Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab
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Neurology
Dementia in Prison Is Turning into an Epidemic: The U.S. Penal System Is Badly Unprepared
Older prisoners will make up a third of the prison population in a decade, and many of them will develop dementia
Neurology
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution
Neurology
Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People
Multiple strategies—including speech therapy—can help those whose voice and gender identity are not aligned and can improve their quality of life
Neurology
Why Do Mental Illnesses—From Depression to Schizophrenia—Raise the Risk of Dementia?
A combination of biological and social factors most likely explain the strong connection
Neurology
Science Finally Has a Good Idea about Why We Stutter
A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering.
Neurology
Spinal Stimulation Helps People with Paralysis Walk, Canoe and Stand at a Bar
A new system that targets specific spinal nerves restored motor function quickly in three patients unable to move their legs or trunk
Neurology
Epstein-Barr Virus Found to Trigger Multiple Sclerosis
The research could mark a turning point in the fight against MS
Medicine
Genetic Therapies for Brain Diseases
Hopes are high for a class of drug that could treat neurodegenerative conditions—but a recent clinical trial has brought the field up short
Cognition
What Causes Alcohol-Induced Blackouts?
In search of answers, a neurobiologist looks to rodents
Neurology
How COVID Might Sow Chaos in the Brain
SARS-CoV-2 appears to travel widely across the cerebral cortex
Mental Health
Governments Worldwide Consider Ditching Daylight Saving Time
A pushback has arisen to seasonal clock changes that affect mood, sleep and general well-being
Neurology
Can Intense Exercise Lead to ALS?
New studies show a possible connection. But debate over such an association will continue
Neurology
Large Trial Finds Oxytocin Nasal Spray Is Ineffective for Autism
The hormone is unlikely to increase sociability in most autistic children, according to a new study
Neurology
An Inventory of All the Brain Cells That Let You Run, Jump and Roll
A project to map the motor cortex used the widest range of tools for probing brain cells ever deployed in a single, coordinated effort
Neurology
A Cell Atlas Reveals the Biodiversity inside Our Head
The NIH’s Cell Census delivers on its promise by mapping the cells in the motor cortex
Neurology
Alzheimer’s, Inc.: When a Hypothesis Becomes Too Big to Fail
This summer’s controversy surrounding the FDA’s shocking approval of the drug aducanumab provides a window into a scientific field in crisis
Neurology
Stuttering Stems from Problems in Brain Wiring, Not Personalities
Poor neural connections among areas that control movement and speech may be responsible and could be driven by genes
Neurology
Immune Cells Suggest New Alzheimer’s Treatment Possibilities
Brain cells called microglia have different effects as the neurodegenerative disease progresses
Neurology
Could Mitochondria Be the Key to a Healthy Brain?
Some researchers suspect these bacterial ancestors living within our cells may contribute to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders
