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A popular technique for studying brain disorders, known as lesion network mapping (LNM), appears to have a fundamental ...

Some serious brain disorders begin with symptoms that are easy to misinterpret. A person may become confused, forgetful or ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...

Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: "chemo brain." Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Also called ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

A new analysis of data from older Americans indicates that chronic sleep disturbances are associated with a shorter lifespan ...

Children with a restrictive eating disorder show recognizable changes in brain structure, according to a new study. Identifying the causes of these changes could help researchers understand how these ...

Scientists found our brain may organize behavior by activity patterns rather than fixed regions, reshaping how brain control ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Kenneth Kendler, one of the most influential and prolific psychiatric researchers and historians of our time, recently published two articles examining the role of the brain in psychiatric disorders: ...