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Distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most prevalent neurological problem in HIV infection, affecting 50 percent of all patients. Previous research on DSP has mostly focused on the peripheral nervous system, but nerve injury cannot fully explain the wide variability of symptoms. Researchers have now looked at the brain to see how it may be contributing to patients’ pain.

A new study provides further scientific evidence of the health benefits of well-designed urban planning. The study suggests that the built environment, green space and air pollution can affect cognitive and motor function in children.

A new study suggests that greater cumulative exposure to estrogen in life, for example from having had more children or from having taken menopause hormone therapy, may counter a brain-shrinking effect.

A study has confirmed earlier findings that chemicals called PFAS that are widely used in manufacturing can alter the brains and livers of animals.

In a recent study, researchers found that in the case of chronic damage of the myelin sheath that protects and supports neurons, the new production of cholesterol determines the efficiency of repair.

Researchers from Rockefeller University have identified a protein called SLC25A39 within the mitochondrial membrane that transports glutathione, the body’s major antioxidant, into the cell’s mitochondria, where free radicals are produced.

A new study by MIT researchers has found a link between cognitive enrichment in humans and mice and the MEF2 gene.

Several U.S. cities have instituted taxes on drinks with added sugar in order to reduce consumption, but new research suggests these policies currently have one fatal flaw.

The brain uses a shared mechanism for combining words from a single language and for combining words from two different languages, indicating that language switching is natural for those who are bilingual.

People have been convicted of crimes they didn’t commit on the basis of eyewitness memory. To reduce the likelihood of injustice, researchers suggest a simple, no-cost reform, “Test a witness’s memory of a suspect only once,”.