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Pre-existing asthma may be a strong predictor of future chronic migraine attacks in individuals experiencing occasional migraine headaches, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC), Montefiore Headache Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Vedanta Research.

Research also demonstrates brain's plasticity and ability to adapt to new language environments.

Some athletes who experience sports-related concussions have reduced blood flow in parts of their brains even after clinical recovery, according to a study presented November 30 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Mutant forms of breast cancer factor 1 (BRCA1) are associated with breast and ovarian cancers but according to new findings, in the brain the normal BRCA1 gene product may also be linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Findings could have major implications for treatment of military injuries.

A fruit fly model of a rare, neurodegenerative disease is helping researchers trace the series of steps that lead to neuronal cell death. Damage to astrocytes—star-shaped cells found in the brain and spinal cord—is found in many neurodegenerative conditions, but it's been unclear exactly what role astrocyte dysfunction plays in the development of disease.

An international research collaboration has shed new light on how DNA sequence variation can influence gene activity in the developing human brain.

Prenatal exposure to recreational drugs; real-time view of neural impulses; epilepsy diet mechanism uncovered, and more.

According to a study completed at the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, even patients over the age of 75 may recover from severe traumatic brain injury. This is the first study to describe the results of surgically treated elderly patients with acute subdural hematomas.

Scientists discover how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.