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The detection of prions in the blood of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) could lead to a noninvasive diagnosis prior to symptoms and a way to identify prion contamination of the donated blood supply, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Study suggests reduced plasticity could account for reading difficulties.

Sounds, such as music and noise, are capable of reliably affecting individuals' moods and emotions, possibly by regulating brain dopamine, a neurotransmitter strongly involved in emotional behavior and mood regulation.

When assessing an older person's fall risk, brain processing speed matters, researchers found.

After priming, brain rapidly retunes to detect language patterns in formerly unintelligible speech.

Researchers discover a catalyzer for cognition.

After a traumatic brain injury (TBI), people also experience major sleep problems, including changes in their sleep-wake cycle. A new study shows that recovering from these two conditions occurs in parallel.

A new genetic disease which results in neurodegeneration has been discovered by experts at the University of Sussex.

Imagine you're navigating a city like New York, or any other that's laid out on a grid. Suppose you run into a roadblock as you're heading north. How do you know that you can turn to your left, say, and then take a right at the next intersection to continue in your original direction? According to research from the University of California (UC), San Diego, it may be thanks to some newly identified neurons in an area of your brain called the subiculum.

Scientists find 3D “mini-brains” provide new insights into development and potential disease therapies.