Neuroscience

More than half of patients with auto-immune conditions experience mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, yet the majority are rarely...

Smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to “erratic thinking”, adversely affecting above-average performers, according to...

Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva.

The first study to show that delivering information at the natural tempo of our neural pulses accelerates our ability to learn.

Water – which makes up the majority of every cell in the body – plays a key role in how proteins, including those associated with Parkinson’s disease...

Autistic people are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety during pregnancy, according to new research from the University of Cambridge. The...

A standardised schools-based mindfulness training programme did not help young people’s mental health and well-being overall, but did improve school...

A new genetic discovery adds weight to a theory that motor neurone degenerative diseases are caused by abnormal lipid (fat) processing pathways...