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Researchers have developed a new method for simultaneous imaging brain activity from two people, allowing them to study social interaction.

Researchers have discovered a deficiency of a molecule involved in fat metabolism in the brains of people with schizophrenia.

Our short-term memory makes systematic mistakes; according to scientists, these mistakes help us to stabilize the continually changing impressions of our environment.

Following an earlier study that validated the loss of smell and taste as indicators of SARS-CoV-2 infection, researchers report that olfactory impairment suggests the resulting COVID-19 disease is more likely to be mild to moderate, a potential early indicator that could help health care providers determine which patients may require hospitalization.

Researchers have mapped out the cell types behind various brain disorders. One interesting finding was that cells from the gut's nervous system are involved in Parkinson's disease, indicating that the disease may start there.

A new study suggests that the pupil of the eye can be an indicator of effective decision making.

Biomedical engineers have successfully used deep brain stimulation based on light to treat motor dysfunction in an animal model of Parkinson’s disease.

Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), have identified a new risk factor for multiple neurodegenerative diseases.

Researchers have revealed how a commonly used general anesthetic, isoflurane, weakens the transmission of electrical signals between neurons.

A new staining technique could allow detailed anatomical analysis and whole-organ comparisons between species at the cellular level.