Neurology

New research is unraveling how and why the elderly “choose happiness”

Joseph LeDoux’s book explores “Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety”

Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behavior

After surviving a series of benders, neural circuits get locked into a firing pattern that compels alcohol seeking    

New research shows that the resident immune cells of the brain are involved in both development and disease

Can two everyday drugs prevent irreversible harm from traumatic brain injury?

Researchers identify people by the way their brains are wired

Harvard neuroscientist Beth Stevens wins a MacArthur Fellowship for studies of how microglia cells prune away excess neuronal synapses during brain development and how that necessary function might go awry in neurodegenerative diseases

Your nightly rest turns out to affect your mind and health more than anyone suspected

Award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman, author of Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, discusses the science behind this mysterious disease

A hormone involved in circadian rhythms could provide treatment for the autoimmune disease

The substance appears to be involved in a number of social and sensory processes that go awry in people with autism spectrum disorder