Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have published two new studies offering fresh insight into a protein ...

This research suggests that inflammation early in life may stop these cells from maturing, which might raise the risk of ...

New effort to address rare genetic conditions that dramatically raise the risk of serious mental health challenges, including ...

While it has long been understood that autism often runs in families, exactly how inherited changes in DNA lead to the ...

Hearing voices. Seeing imaginary people and animals. Feeling paranoid. Thinking others can hear their thoughts. A teen or ...

Imagine being lost in your own mind for twenty years, unable to speak or move, trapped in a catatonic state so severe that ...

Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something ...

Neuroscientists can now make precise genetic tweaks to the neurons that are most affected by brain diseases such as Parkinson ...

Features of this brain activity turn out to be shared by humans and mice—and, by extension, every mammal in between. The findings could help unveil some of the driving forces behind numerous ...

Current theories about why schizophrenia develops suggest it may be linked to changes in brain development during this critical period of emerging adulthood. Schizophrenia is also thought to be ...

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

Schizophrenia might be among the most intensely studied mental illnesses. However, its causes—and the way those causes manifest in the brain—remain frustratingly elusive.