Getting older is one of the biggest risks for these progressive diseases that degrade functions of the brain, the spine and the nervous system.

Takotsubo syndrome, frontotemporal dementia, gut-brain disorders, and tinnitus share psychiatric features that complicate their diagnosis and management.

Even those who make a full recovery from the initial infection face a lurking threat: a deadly disease that remains latent until striking — and killing — years later.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are working on microscopic, wireless chips that can travel through the bloodstream and self-implant in a targeted region of the brain. Photo courtesy of Sarkar Lab, MIT/HealthDay News Imagine a brain ...

Brain age reveals measurable psychiatric differences, offering clinicians a promising biomarker to improve personalised mental health care.

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from Children's National Hospital,

The Bachelor Australia star shares how embracing grief has helped her focus on meaningful activities and relationships in her life Spinocerebellar ataxia is a rare, incurable neurological disorder that affects coordination,

A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau proteins — a hallmark of the disease.

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have used 3D imaging, special microscopes and artificial intelligence (AI) programs to construct new maps of mouse brains showing a precise location of more than 10 million cells called oligodendrocytes.

Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain regions. This provides evidence for shared physical mechanisms of hallucinations across mental health conditions.