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A protein implicated in Alzheimer’s disease may also play a role in certain types of severe autism, suggests a study conducted in mice. The research, published in the journal Neuron, showed that a genetic reduction of the protein, tau, could alleviate abnormal brain function in mice with autistic symptoms.

A new behavioral study has examined the theory that people with great symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder may show increased uncertainty and indecisiveness because they place less trust in their past experiences. The research, conducted by Isaac Fradkin of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and colleagues, was published in PLOS Computational Biology

Researchers have shown that during inflammation, microglia initially protect the blood brain barrier's integrity, but they can later reverse their behavior and increase the barrier's permeability.

Results from a one-year project, funded through the Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech, suggest that NLX-112 has potential as a future treatment for reducing dyskinesia and improving movement symptoms of Parkinson’s.

Researchers have designed an artificial intelligence model that uses doctors’ notes to determine whether lower back pain is acute or chronic.

A new study demonstrates how habits can be controlled depending on how active a specific region of the brain, the dorsolateral striatum, is.

Parkinson’s disease researchers have used gene-editing tools to introduce the disorder’s most common genetic mutation into marmoset stem cells and tamp down cellular chemistry that often goes awry in Parkinson’s patients.

Scientists have revealed how a cellular filament helps neural stem cells clear damaged and clumped proteins, an important step in producing new neurons.

Different learning difficulties do not correspond to specific regions of the brain, as previously thought, say researchers at the University of Cambridge. Instead poor connectivity between 'hubs' within the brain is much more strongly related to children's difficulties.

A new study suggests that humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli.