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Why are we mentally sharper at certain times of day? A study spells out the relationship between circadian rhythms and the brain connections known as synapses.

A drug commonly used to treat heart failure changes a marker proposed for use in an Alzheimer's disease test, potentially increasing the risk of misdiagnosis.

A new review has called into question how effective opioids are for cancer pain, finding non-opioids, including aspirin, may be just as effective.

People who are very sleepy during the day, despite a good night’s rest, may have a sleep disorder called idiopathic hypersomnia. New research has found this neurologic disorder may not be as rare as once thought.

A pathological protein long associated with Parkinson’s disease has been found in a new study to trigger cells to increase protein synthesis, an event that eventually kills the subset of brain cells that die off in this neurodegenerative condition

With a single flash of light to the eye, artificial intelligence (AI) could deliver a faster and more accurate way to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, according to new research.

In a study comparing human brain communication networks with those of macaques and mice, EPFL researchers found that only the human brains transmitted information via multiple parallel pathways, yielding new insights into mammalian evolution.

Clinical trial results support further study of this psychedelic substance, administered with psychological support from trained therapists, in affected patients.

Many eye and neurological diseases cause changes to the back of the eye, which spectroscopy-based techniques may be able to identify to assist diagnosis.

Researchers have explored what happens when functional vasculature is added to cerebral organoids, illustrating the effects of vascularization on cell populations.