University of Utah researchers isolated an unusual nerve toxin in an ocean-dwelling snail, and say its ability to glom onto the brain's nicotine receptors may be useful for designing drugs to treat a variety of psychiatric and brain di...

It appears the human brain attempts to heal itself by giving birth to neurons following a stroke. This finding, by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research, confirms similar studies in animal models and offers targets for...

Children with autism have altered brain anatomy thought to be due to abnormal brain development, according to a study published in the August 22, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The st...

A fly pheromone receptor Tal Soo Ha and Dean P. Smith Insects use pheromone signaling for all sorts of interesting behaviors, yet only a single volatile pheromone has been identified in Drosophila, the lipid 11-cis-vaccenyl acetate (VA). U...

According to a studypublished in the journal Neurology, pramipexole significantly improved RLSsymptoms in patients with moderate to severe restless legs syndrome (RLS)versus those on placebo, as measured by both of the study's primaryeffic...

NeurobiologicalTechnologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTII), (NTI(R)), a biotechnology companyengaged in the business of acquiring and developing central nervous system(CNS) related drug candidates, today announced that it has completed itstargeted U...

In what is believed to be the first study showing neural changes in the brains of children with serious, untreated sleep apnea, Johns Hopkins researchers conclude that children with the disorder appear to suffer damage in two brain structu...

Exposure to light is known to enhance both alertness and performance in humans, but little is understood regarding the neurological basis for these effects, especially those associated with daytime light exposure. Now, by exposing subjects...

When cigarette smokers first stop smoking the number of nicotine receptors in the brain is significantly higher when compared to non-smokers, which may explain why it is so tough to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine res...

In this study, Ann Halbower and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine looked at 19 children aged 6-16 y with OSA and compared them with 12 healthy controls. The children underwent sleep tests, a battery of neuropsycho...