Kennedy disease is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding the receptor for testosterone, the androgen receptor (AR). Although it is characterized by muscle weakness caused by neurodegeneration, individuals wi...

While it is widely accepted that the output of nerve cells carries information between regions of the brain, it's a big mystery how widely separated regions of the cortex involving billions of cells are linked together to coordinate comple...

Carbohydrates can be attractive, especially when they come packaged in candy bars or never-ending bowls of pasta. Even viruses - those bits of occasionally harmful genetic material enclosed in shells of protein and fat - crave carbs. Excep...

Molecular imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) continues to provide knowledge about how brain circuits are altered by addictive drugs. Chemist Joanna Fowler, Director of the Center for Translational Neuroimaging at the U.S....

"What did Trent Green say and when did he say it?," sports medicine doctors may be asking after the Kansas City Chiefs' starting quarterback suffered a severe head injury in last Sunday's Chiefs-Bengals game. New research suggests Green's...

About 2.5 million Americans of all ages have epilepsy. Think of it as a tiny electrical storm in the brain. Many people suffer from seizures affecting their quality of life or have side effects from epilepsy medications. However, patients...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced the first three cancers that will be studied in the pilot phase of The Canc...

Everything in its place: Researchers identify brain cells used to categorize images Socks in the sock drawer, shirts in the shirt drawer, the time-honored lessons of helping organize one's clothes learned in youth. But what parts of the br...

Finally confirming a fact that remained unproven for more than 30 years, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report in the Aug. 25 issue of Science that certain key connections among neurons get stronger when we...

Opening a whole interface between nanotechnology and neuroscience, scientists at Harvard University have used slender silicon nanowires to detect, stimulate, and inhibit nerve signals along the axons and dendrites of live mammalian neu...