Imagine the brain as an atlas of possibilities and risks. Genetic variants linked to depression affect its shape, subtly ...

Vascular dementia has long been overshadowed by Alzheimer’s disease, yet it is one of the leading causes of cognitive decline ...

40% of functional magnetic resonance imaging reflect misleading blood flow and brain energy use, proposing improved diagnosis can be achieved from new methods.

A possible new treatment for impaired brain blood flow and related dementias is on the horizon. Research by scientists at the ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affect 50 million people around the world and numbers are rising, placing immense ...

A new study fundamentally challenges how fMRI data are interpreted, finding no valid coupling between oxygen content measured ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

Researchers have developed a method for mapping the orientation and organization of tissue fibers, furthering our ...