Workplace exposure to pesticides may be associated with a substantially higher risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a...

Sleep may be one of the earliest casualties of Alzheimer’s disease, and scientists are increasingly looking beyond neurons to understand...

Parkinson’s disease is often described as a disorder of movement, but one of its most disabling symptoms can be defined...

A molecule released to help the body fight infection can also influence how the brain works—and, under some conditions, may...

Microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, are moving to the center of neuroscience as researchers seek to understand how they...

A long-standing assumption about intelligence is being challenged by a new perspective in neuroscience: the ability to combine familiar elements...

Chiba, Japan—Hallucinations and delusions that first emerge in midlife or old age may sometimes reflect hidden neurodegenerative changes rather than...

Stroke recovery may depend on more than the visible damage recorded on a brain scan. A new study in BMC...

A surprising discovery in Parkinson’s disease research is challenging one of the field’s most familiar assumptions: that restoring movement necessarily...

Nightmares linked to trauma may be more than frightening stories generated during sleep. They could reflect the way specific memory...