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Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, moderate in nuts, fish and alcohol and low in meat and full-fat dairy is associated with better cognitive performance in middle age.

The debilitating behaviours and all-consuming thoughts, which affect people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), could be significantly improved with targeted deep brain stimulation, according to new research published today.

Researchers have for the first time developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule, Nurr1, implicated in Parkinson’s disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement disorder.

Pediatric onset multiple sclerosis accounts for approximately 3-10% of all multiple sclerosis cases. This study interviewed parents of children with a confirmed diagnosis, and provides insights and recommendations for improving family support.

Researchers have been extensively studying SHANK3, and they and other labs have discovered what is good, bad and hopeful about this protein.

Placenta-derived stem cells have been shown to exhibit neuroprotective function in lamb models of spina bifida. In vitro studies suggest that the mechanism is mediated by exosomes, which are small communication vesicles secreted from cells.

Scientists at USC, Queen’s University (Ontario) and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) quickly and affordably

Generating comprehensive molecular images of organs and tumors in living organisms can be performed at ultra-fast speed using a new deep learning approach to image reconstruction developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Researchers from Arizona State University and Stanford University analyzed patterns of brain activity in humans and discovered a previously unknown role for the hippocampus, a brain area important to memory, in forming associations during learning.

Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have identified gene “partners” in the axolotl salamander that, when activated, allow the neural tube and associated nerve fibers to functionally regenerate after severe spinal cord damage. Interestingly, these genes are also present in humans, though they are activated in a different manner.