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Researchers from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, have discovered a new factor in the escalation of seizures: the synthesis, or generation, of estrogens in the brain.

New findings on the pathology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) bring researchers closer to identifying the cause of this disabling illness.

Successful 1,000-fold enhancement of reaction velocity constants for proteins' change into toxic substances.

Intuition is all one needs to understand that stress in early childhood can create lifelong psychological troubles, but scientists have only begun to explain how those emerge in the brain. They have observed, for example, that stress incurred early in life attenuates neural growth.

Research indicates the brain's frontal cortex controls vision; it leaves out things in plain sight.

Researchers from Germany and the USA have identified an important mechanism with which memory switches from recall to memorization mode. The study may shed new light on the cellular causes of dementia.

A new study on the epigenetics of lactose intolerance may provide an approach to understanding schizophrenia and other complex, serious illnesses.

Area's neurons then can re-map to make different decisions when circumstances change.

Researchers report lab breakthrough in human cells, mouse models for high grade gliomas.

Other applications include post-operative observation for vascular, cardiac, and orthopaedic procedures, finds Penn study.