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New research has identified a novel approach to staving off the detrimental effects of aging in mice.

A machine-learning method discovered a hidden clue in people’s language predictive of the later emergence of psychosis — the frequent use of words associated with sound

A microfluidic organ chip model of the human blood-brain barrier, that recapitulates in vivo barrier functions, offers a new preclinical tool for development of brain-targeting therapeutics.

A vaccine pioneered by virus-like particles induced a robust and long-lived antibody response to tau protein in mice, reducing soluble and insoluble species of Tau in the hippocampus and cortex.

Researchers report that a brain-computer interface, a form of artificial intelligence, can sense when its user is expecting a reward by examining the interactions between single-neuron activities and the information flowing to them. The findings potentially have applications for robotic prosthetics, which would sense what a user wants to do (pick up a glass, for example) and do it.

Scientists in the United States, Europe and South America are reporting how a new cloud-computing web platform allows scientists to track data and analyses on the brain, potentially reducing delays in discovery.

Researchers have reported the successful, long-term relief of chronic pain in a wheelchair user with spinal cord injury following a single injection of adipose tissue into the affected shoulder joint. This is the first reported use of this intervention for shoulder pain in an individual with spinal cord injury who has failed to improve with conservative care, such as physical therapy.

Mathematical analysis of images of tumors is helping to understand what makes a cancer more or less aggressive.

A combination of elevated symptoms of depression along with modifications in a gene responsible for dopamine activity, important to the brain's pleasure and reward system, appear to influence an addiction to indoor tanning in young, white non-Hispanic women.

MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that helps us to block out sensory distractions and focus on the input we are interested in. This prefrontal cortex circuit can lend a hand in focusing on a friend’s voice at a noisy party, or blocking out the phone conversation of the person sitting next to you on the bus while you try to read.