A new study reveals a critical vulnerability in a brain receptor targeted by a rare autoimmune disease. Researchers have ...

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Canadians originally diagnosed with a mystery brain disease had other, well-known neurologic conditions, cross-sectional data suggested. The study assessed 25 of 222 cases listed in public health ...

Sadly, there is no cure for Huntington’s disease. But a couple new research papers suggests this may be about to change.

In brains of control mice (left) and PD mice (right), from bottom to top: neuronal activity in a representative animal; cerebral blood flow mapping; fMRI of visual stimulation; fMRI of olfactory ...

An international team, led by researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), has shown – for the first time in a realistic way – that it may be possible to diagnose Parkinson's disease (PD) years ...

The next time you reach for a memory or make a quick choice, a storm of tiny signals races through your brain. Scientists can ...

The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...