Alzheimer's pathology can appear in the brains of older men and women without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. The pathology is related to loss of episodic memory, according to a study published in the June 27, 2006, issue of Neu...

This week, Pla et al. argue that interneurons, unlike cortical projection neurons, migrate to their cortex locations without Reelin, the secreted product of Cajal-Retzius cells. Cortical interneurons originate in the median ganglionic emin...

Honored for the posterpresentation, "A Needs Assessment Survey of MS Patients and Care Partners,"the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) received the BerlexAward for the Best Poster in Patient and Family Education in MultipleS...

New research from the lab of Adrian Bird, a molecular geneticist at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, reveals that abnormally high levels of a protein called Uqcrc1 in the brains of mouse models of Rett Syndrome cause mitochondria--th...

An epilepsy drug that has been on the market for decades can ease the symptoms of adult sufferers with a genetic disorder that seriously weakens muscles. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis retrospectively r...

The neurological basis for poor witness statements and hallucinations has been found by scientists at UCL (University College London). In over a fifth of cases, people wrongly remembered whether they actually witnessed an event or just ima...

Memory has long held interest for scientists. In July UNSW will host the 4th International Conference on Memory (ICOM-4), which will see 700 delegates on campus to share fundamental and applied research in the area of human memory. Lik...

A male is more likely to be gay if he has an older brother, the likelihood grows the more older brothers he has. The percentage of gay males is estimated to be around 3%, this probability can go up to 5% for males with several older brothe...

Exposure to pesticides is linked to a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, say researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, USA. People with low level exposure to pesticide sprays have a 70% increased risk of developing...

Results from three different clinical studies of Sifrol?/ Mirapexin?(pramipexole), presented at the 20th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), demonstrate significant improvement of a broad range of Restless...