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A saliva-based biomarker panel and algorithm could help fast-track the identification of children who are suspected of having autism spectrum disorder.

Biodegradable nanoscaffolds have been developed to overcome a host of challenges in stem cell therapies for CNS diseases and injuries

Scientists have solved a 125-year-old mystery of the brain, and, in the process, uncovered a potential treatment for acquired epilepsy.

Public health experts have found there is sufficient evidence that prenatal exposure to widely used insecticides known as organophosphates puts children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Genetics may predispose some people to both Alzheimer’s disease and high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, a common feature of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A potential new pathway has been found to regulate immune response and control inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system such as meningitis and sepsis.

An extracellular matrix gene signature has been identified which is associated with response to immunotherapy, and provides a hypothesis about why some people don't respond.

In some patients, somatic reversion of SLAM-associated protein expression in T cells leads to a mild form of X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome type 1.

A high-tech form of brain surgery that replaces scalpels with sound waves improved quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease that has resisted other forms of treatment, a new study has found.

As the adage goes "neurons that fire together, wire together," but a new paper that analyzed connections in the visual cortex of mice suggests that things aren't always that simple.