February 7th, 2012

Brain imaging shows that an individual has different brain activity when they play a game against themselves, as compared to when they compete ...
January 12th, 2012
Emerging research indicates that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can improve motor symptoms and enhance quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.
The finding, reported in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal is published by researchers at the University of ...
January 9th, 2012

The use of advancedd technology to detect and diagnose brain abnormalities has advanced significantly over the past decade. A new review finds a particular method ...
January 6th, 2012

A new study finds that levels of Vitamin D are low among people with depression. The discovery adds to a recent appreciation of ...
December 20th, 2011

A new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that teenage girls who feel depressed are twice as likely to start binge ...
December 15th, 2011

A new study finds that a relatively simple intervention can lessen subtle vision problems associated with normal aging, Parkinson’s, or Alzheimer’s disease, and thus ...
December 1st, 2011

UK researchers say they have developed a simple blood test to detect Parkinson's disease even at the earliest stages. The test detects a substance in the blood ...
November 10th, 2011

A team of researchers at the University of Western Ontario has demonstrated in an animal study that eliminating one of the neurotransmitters in the ...
November 8th, 2011

A new UK study suggests computer analysis of brain scans could help predict the severity of psychosis and allow doctors to make more accurate ...
October 13th, 2011

Scientists often may wish they could uncover what went wrong in the brains of people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or autism ...