The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...

The field of molecular neuroscience has increasingly recognized that, while the nervous system is characterized by impressive resilience and plasticity, it ...

The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...

Youth with conduct disorder (CD) have extensive brain structure differences, new research showed. In findings that illuminate the differences in areas of the brain critical for emotional processing ...

Tau proteins act like the brain's maintenance crew, helping maintain the structure and proper function of brain cells. In ...

In one of the largest-ever studies of DNA and brain volume, researchers have identified 254 genetic variants that shape key structures in the "deep brain," including those that control memory, motor ...

Conduct disorder in young people is associated with differences in surface area across much of the brain compared to typically developing children, new research shows. Conduct disorder (CD) is a ...

Researchers discover that the RNA surveillance system NMD and the protein UPF2 are essential for guiding neuronal migration and forming the brain's layered cortex.

COVID-19 may leave a lasting impression on the brain, even in people who fully recover from their infection. New research reveals that even in those without the ongoing symptoms of long COVID, there ...

On the computer screens, the mouse brain is shown from several angles. Then you click, and a small area of the brain is ...