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Researchers have discovered a new connection between a genetic alteration, disruption in the oxytocin signaling pathway and social difficulties related to autism.

Data presented by researchers from GliaLab at the Letten Centre at the University of Oslo lends further support to the idea that astrocytes are important for uninterrupted slow wave sleep and brain rhythms that are essential for learning and memory, through mechanisms involving intracellular calcium signals.

Researchers have used computational models of different brain states to examine how sleep consolidates newly encoded memories and prevents damage to old memories.

A new study has provided evidence that parts of the brain that originally evolved for other purposes have been “recycled” for reading.

Resonance with an infrared laser can cause amyloid fibrils to disintegrate from the inside out, according to a new study, opening the door to novel treatments for amyloid plaque-related neurodegenerative diseases.

A drug candidate previously shown to slow aging in brain cells has successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of inherited Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study took a novel approach to identifying SNPs influencing the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, bipolar and major depressive disorder.

A newly developed blood test could detect which babies deprived of oxygen at birth are at risk of serious neurodisabilities like cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

A new paper reveals a possible early indicator of Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, or FXTAS. The disease afflicts some older people who carry a "premutation" of the gene known as FMR1, which can lead to impairments in movement and cognition -- while other people who carry the premutation are unaffected.

African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, yet there has been little investigation of if and how genetic variants contribute to their elevated stroke risk. Until now.