Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially ...

For a long time, the claim has been made that the brains of conservative people are different than those of progressives.

such as Republicans versus Democrats as in the U.S., but we see a more fine-grained spectrum of how political ideology can be ...

Immunotherapy can remove extracellular amyloid plaques from Alzheimer’s brain, but has so far failed to clear intracellular tau tangles. Now, two papers propose a solution: tagging them for ...

Although the role of innate immune sensing pathways is well-studied in the pathogenesis of malignancies, whether they ...

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Astrocytes in the brain exhibit significant regional diversity, but the mechanisms controlling their heterogeneity remain ...

Sickness-induced sleep is a behavior conserved across species that promotes recovery from illness, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we show that interleukin-6-like cytokine ...

Departments of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA Departments of Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA Department of ...