Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that in these individuals, neurons that belong in the cerebral cortex fail to migrate there from their birthplace deep inside the brain, leaving telltale ...

They couldn’t stop baby Maryam’s seizures. With time running out, doctors weighed whether to hurt her brain to save it ...

Pippa Cossens’ agonising medical condition began with pain in her back. But soon the discomfort had spread to the muscles in her arms and legs, even her face. “At its worst, it almost felt like the ...

Summary: A new study reveals how social rank influences addiction vulnerability by altering dopamine pathways in the brain ... a stronger ‘reward’ circuit and a weaker ‘control’ circuit —like a ...

The trial of Jeremy Burney, charged with negligent homicide in the 2023 death of David Clark, ended in a hung jury Thursday ...

Researchers focused on a key brain circuit involving the ventral striatum and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex—areas previously shown to be sensitive to inflammation in studies of depression.

The implant reads electrical signals from the brain and, when necessary, sends electrical pulses back. It’s designed to treat neurological disorders by targeting the root cause: faulty brain ...

we have shown that depression consists of six specific patterns of dysfunctions in six major brain circuits," says Williams. 3) The positive affect circuit, also known as the reward circuit ...

and tissue-preservation quality high enough to identify all synapses and neurons in a brain circuit. Notable steps before LICONN were the development of innovative protein-labelling strategies 3 ...