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A group of researchers have identified identified a link between the structure of the disease-linked protein alpha-synuclein and its potential to aggregate and misfold.

An international team of researchers, including HSE Univesrity's Sofya Kulikova, have discovered clues to why electroencephalograms (EEG) of people with schizophrenic show a deficit of sleep spindles. The article was published in the journal Schizophrenia Research on June 5.

Adult-born neurons in the hippocampus have a key role in memory consolidation during REM sleep, according to a new study.

Protecting nerve cells from losing their dendrites can reduce brain damage after a stroke, according to research using a mouse model.

A new type of wearable brain scanner, capable of scanning the whole brain with millimeter accuracy, could reveal new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness.

An international team has developed a prototype tool based on three-dimensional (3D) facial imaging that could make it easier for clinicians to diagnose genetic syndromes.

Researchers have identified a specific, front-line defense that limits the infection to the olfactory bulb and protects its neurons from damage due to the infection.

New research has highlighted sex differences in participation in large-scale genetic studies, which may have an impact on results.

The increasing popularity of direct to consumer genetic testing is having an impact on clinical genetics services, according to researchers.

For the first time, scientists have been able to identify the genetic and molecular basis of this susceptibility to infection as well as to the possibility of contracting a more severe form of the disease.