Researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND) have identified a possible mechanism underlying how the gene mutation that causes Huntington's disease (HD) leads to the degeneration and death of brain cells....

Johns Hopkins researchers have teased out the function of a protein implicated in Williams-Beuren syndrome, a rare cognitive disorder associated with overly social behavior and lack of spatial awareness. Called TFII-I, or TF "two eye," the...

In the upcoming issue of G&D , Dr. Yuh-Nung Jan and colleagues at UCSF lend surprising insight into the regulation of dendrite morphology in the fruit fly, Drosophila. The Drosophila peripheral nervous system contains four classes of d...

A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Reilly of the University of Colorado at Boulde...

Scientists have identified a misfolded, or incorrectly formed, protein common to two devastating neurological diseases, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), according to...

Neuroprotection is the mechanisms and strategies used to protect against neuronal injury or degeneration in the Central Nervous System (CNS) following acute disorders (e.g. stroke or nervous system injury/trauma) or as a result of chronic...

In the October15th issue of G&D , Dr. Fen-Biao Gao and colleagues at UCSF report that microRNA-9a (mir-9a) regulates neural development in the fruit fly, Drosophila. Using loss-of-function analysis, Dr. Gao and colleagues demonstrate that...

If he can figure out which babies will be born unable to breathe properly, Dr. Stephen M. Black thinks he can help change that. "When these kids are born, you have a short amount of time to intervene or you get brain damage," says Dr. Blac...

Dispelling a stubborn myth, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that children with strokes, brain tumors and other cerebrovascular diseases can safely undergo a potentially life-saving brain-mapping test that many doctors have long shu...

As any athlete knows, playing sports isn't just about physical strength. To really do well, your brain has to be in the game too. And to play at an advanced level, like high school, college or professional athletes do, you need to be sharp...