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Researchers have uncovered new information about how the area of the brain responsible for memory is triggered when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that a drug once widely used to wean alcoholics off of drinking helps to improve sight in mice with retinal degeneration.

An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants. For example, loneliness increased male elephants’ level of stress, whereas having babies present reduced the stress level in female elephants.

Extensive data analysis of brain tumor patients aged 1 to 19 has revealed that the youngest of these patients have about half the 5-year survival rate of the oldest.

Researchers have identified a new set of molecular markers in blood plasma that could lead to the development of improved diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers have investigated the destruction of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease and found a possible therapeutic target in a protein with a protective role.

The bark of a rainforest tree has long been known to have hallucinogenic and neuroactive effects, and researchers have now identified a method to synthesize many of the neuroactive compounds.

Research has shown that in Down syndrome, Alzheimer-like changes in the brain are linked to reduced efficiency of a key protein transport system.

An analysis of the genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease has revealed how these genetic changes affect biological pathways, some of which had not previously been linked to Parkinson's.

A team have developed an antibody that can be used as a tool to temporarily open the blood–brain barrier to enable drug delivery.