Innovation in epilepsy care: Alternatives to medication seek to reset, repair brain, expert explains

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a technology that enables same-day, 3D-printed dental restorations made of zirconia, the gold-standard material for permanent dental work.

Opening new gun stores may raise neighborhood shooting rates for years, highlighting how firearm availability affects community violence, according to Rutgers researchers.

It's nearly midnight on a school night. Your teenager's light is still on. Maybe they're finishing homework, scrolling through social media, or texting friends.

"You look so great! Have you lost weight?"

When we form a memory, brain cells need to deliver supplies to strengthen specific neural connections. A new study from MPFI and Weill Cornell Medicine has revealed how two cellular switches, Rab4 and Rab10, direct supplies to where they are needed. The findings are published in the journal eLife.

When doctors analyze a medical scan of an organ or area in the body, each part of the image has to be assigned an anatomical label. If the brain is under scrutiny, for instance, its different parts have to be labeled as such, pixel by pixel: cerebral cortex, brain stem, cerebellum, etc. The process, called medical image segmentation, guides diagnosis, surgery planning and research.

Many of us go to the gym to bulk up. But how does it actually work?

How is it that we all see the world in a similar way? Imagine sitting with a friend in a café, both of you looking at a phone screen displaying a dog running along the beach. Although each of our brains is a world unto itself, made up of billions of neurons with completely different connections and unique activity patterns, you would both describe it as: "A dog on the beach." How can two such different brains lead to the same perception of the world?

As your youth fades further into the past, you may start to fear growing older.

Around a third of autistic people—children and adults alike—are unable to share what they want using speech.

Everyone gets headaches. Everyone misplaces their phone or forgets a name now and then. Most of the time, these moments are harmless—the result of stress, fatigue, or just a busy mind. Yet they're also examples of symptoms that can, in rare cases, signal something far more serious: a brain tumor.

Delirium affects many hospitalized older Australians, and while it can have many complications, treatments are limited. However, researchers have identified intranasal insulin as a potential new treatment that leads to a faster recovery and reduced time spent in hospital.

New research has uncovered shared patterns between ribosomal RNAs and genes linked to brain disorders, including autism, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under 5 and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between the ages of 5 and 9.

We live in an age where clinical labels once confined to the DSM-5—the diagnostic manual for mental health professionals—now spill into everyday language.

The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a definition of obesity released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission.

Stem cells in most organisms typically take cues from adjacent cells. But new research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research reveals planarian stem cells ignore their nearest neighbors and instead respond to signals farther away in the body. This discovery may help explain the flatworm's extraordinary ability to regenerate—and could offer clues for developing new ways to replace or repair tissues in humans.

Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer. Surprisingly, it turns out that the brain cells responsible for stabilizing memories aren't neurons. Rather, they are astrocytes, a type of glial cell that is usually thought of as a role player in the game of learning and memory.