Some serious brain disorders begin with symptoms that are easy to misinterpret. A person may become confused, forgetful or paranoid and be treated for mental illness before doctors realize the ...

The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

New OHSU study maps antibody "hot spots" behind anti‑NMDAR encephalitis. Could change diagnosis and treatment.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

A new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston investigated both gene expression and regulation at single cell levels to ...

Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devastating autoimmune disease affecting the brain.

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devasting autoimmune disease affecting the brain.

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control.

Scientists uncover new synapse hotspots in the teen brain, challenging the old theory of synaptic pruning and its link to schizophrenia.