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Disturbances in sleep patterns and the internal biological clock are frequently associated with Parkinson’s disease. However, the link between biological rhythm and neuronal degeneration remains unclear.

When PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a drug that prevents HIV infection, was first approved by the FDA in 2012, it was a medical breakthrough. A new study explores patient preference for the standard method and new options.

As a zebra finch becomes single-minded about impressing a possible mate, dopamine-releasing brain cells reflect his intentions, helping to explain what our brains are doing as our priorities change.

Researchers have established the protein p53 as critical for regulating sociability, repetitive behavior, and hippocampus-related learning and memory in mice.

Recent study sheds new light on the enigmatic early evolution of snakes by examining an unexpected source: their brains. The results emphasise the significance of studying both the soft parts of animals’ bodies and their bones.

Changes to short, repetitive sequences in the genome have been linked to diseases like autism and schizophrenia. New revelations about how such changes increase and decrease gene expression may provide insight into these and other disorders.

In a new study, a rapid- and short-acting investigational medication formulated to be delivered via nasal spray, restored a normal heart rhythm in less than 30 minutes in most users with intermittent rapid heartbeats.

Exercise science holds that the ‘fight or flight’ nervous system is active during exercise and the ‘rest and digest’ nervous system is lowered or inactive. However, researchers say that this current understanding has proven to be wrong.

The fear of missing out encourages us to buy things we don't need, but does it also influence our decision to have children?

New research is painting a clearer picture of the early signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), showing that people are nearly twice as likely to experience mental illness in the years leading up to the onset of the diseases.