Neurology

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

Study raises question about whether proteins implicated in the disease are capable of spreading through medical procedures

Animal experiments show how a just-discovered prion triggers a rare Parkinson’s-like disease

Deficiencies in zinc can play a role in depression and a new way to enhance lithium may hold promise for bipolar disorder

Scientific American MIND speaks with the author of Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease