FDA Clears First-of-Its-Kind Nonmedication Treatment for PTSD
A newly cleared PTSD treatment uses patterns in brain activity to personalize magnetic stimulation. Researchers say the technique…
Adults Taking More Vitamin D Scored 13% Higher on a Cognitive Test
Adults with mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbances who took at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily…
Mini Brains Grown for Five Years Matured Like Human Brains
Five years is an eternity for brain organoids. Also called mini brains, these blobs of tissue have taken…
How Lundbeck’s CEO aims to keep firm ‘punching above its weight’
Almost three years into his tenure as Lundbeck’s CEO, Charl van Zyl is confident the company can prove…
Bonsai software visualizes complex biological data as branching trees
Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle:…
Scientists create brain organoids with distinct cortical regional identity
The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of…
Cancer and the Nervous System: Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Neurobiology
IntroductionNeural regulation of tumor growthWhen tumors rewire the brain and nervesThe neural routes that enable cancer metastasisTargeting communication…
Brain changes detect Alzheimer’s seven years before plaques appear
A new study suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may be detected by brain imaging more than seven years earlier…
Shifting expectations of unpredictability could help treat schizophrenia delusions
New research has found that improvements to the severity of delusions in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder recovering from…
Music activates brain networks for imagination and meaning
In a new paper appearing Aug. 18 in Nature Communications, Princeton University researchers show how music produces distinct patterns…
This Common Type of Medication Is Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline
NOACs, also known as direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), are newer blood-thinning medications used to prevent strokes and blood…
Laser treatment may extend survival in glioblastoma patients
For patients facing a diagnosis of glioblastoma – one of the most aggressive and devastating forms of brain…