Individuals with the 22q11.2DS genetic deletion show unique patterns of brain activity and structure, which could predict ...

The placebo effect has been documented for hundreds of years, but exactly how it tricks the brain into relieving pain hasn't ...

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"This has significant clinical implications because it suggests that psilocybin could make the brain more malleable," ...

They're totally distinct states of being that define the boundaries of our daily lives. For years, scientists have measured ...

Gene deletion is known to lead to heart defects and immune malfunction in their carriers. Discrepancies between brain regions ...

The study broadly reveals how fast brain waves, previously overlooked, establish fundamental patterns of sleep and ...

Is it possible to assess an individual's risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry.

The new analysis measured gene expression differences in more than 1.3 million cells of more than 70 cell types in six brain ...

Researchers have discovered a novel pain control pathway that links the cingulate cortex in the front of the brain, through the pons region of the brainstem, to cerebellum in the back of the brain.

They also show that small regions of the brain can momentarily "flicker" awake while the rest of the brain remains asleep, and vice versa from wake to sleep. These findings, described in a new ...