For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to determine whether different neuropsychiatric conditions are linked to specific variations in brain structure and neural connections. While past studies ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there's a lot that even experts don't know. Another troubling fact ...

Tau protein late-onset psychosis research has produced a landmark first: a Japanese brain-scan study found Alzheimer's tau accumulation in two-thirds of patients who developed hallucinations or ...

When you're a teenager, it's easy to feel like the world is watching your every mistake. For some kids, that sense of self‐consciousness fades as they grow up. For others, it deepens into full‐blown ...

The skull is so effective at protecting the brain that it has impeded the progress of neuroscience. In particular: A nice, thick skull poses challenges for imaging the brain in natural environments or ...

Multiple sclerosis, a complex neurological condition affecting nearly 3 million people worldwide, has long been characterized by its elusiveness. Even as medical imaging technology has advanced ...

Brain scans may be able to detect autism in children as young as six months old, according to a first-of-its-kind study happening in Minnesota. “It was a really remarkable finding,” said Dr. Meghan ...

The human brain is complex. Artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and medical imaging data are accelerating breakthroughs in brain health, especially in medical diagnostics. A peer-reviewed ...

Share on Pinterest An experimental brain scan may be able to accurately predict a person’s risk of age-related disorders. Image credit: Rafe Swan/Getty Images. People age at different rates, partly ...