Researchers use optogenetic based deep brain stimulation to help treat motor dysfunction in animal models of Parkinson's disease. The new technique provides insights into why DBS works and ways in which it can be improved on a patient-by-patient basis.
Thin, flexible, next-generation of brain implants include more than a thousand electrodes and can survive for more than six years.
Simply reminding children of the multiple roles they play in life, from a friend to sibling, can help improve flexible thinking and problem-solving abilities.
According to a new PNAS study, our eyes and ears team up to process the sites and sounds we experience.
Researchers use a multilayer clustering algorithm to help identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Study sheds light on how the brain coordinates complex decision involving empathy and altruism.
Researchers suggest an agent in the gut could interfere with alpha-synuclein in endocrine cells, deforming the proteins which then may spread to the brain in Parkinson's patients.
Researchers have developed a new method to deliver drugs to specific neurons throughout the brain.
Irrational decision making may be due to a lack of mental effort rather than emotions, a new study reports.
A new study looks at the long term ramifications of childhood lead exposure, finding links to lower cognitive function, IQ and socioeconomic status.
Being intellectually humble improves ability to make decisions and increases tolerance, a new study reports.
Researchers have identified a mechanism that may explain how neurons falter during the earliest stages of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.