A new study published in the journal Addiction Neuroscience provides evidence that cannabidiol may help prevent the ...

Forget crowd sizes — a new study confirms that conservatives boast slightly larger amygdalas, the part of the brain that plays a key role in identifying and reacting to potential threats, compared ...

PHILADELPHIA— Important brain structures that are key for signaling in the brain are narrower and less dense in females, and more likely to be damaged by brain injuries, such as concussion. Long-term ...

Imagine the brain as an atlas of possibilities and risks. Genetic variants linked to depression affect its shape, subtly ...

Luis M. García Marín receives funding from The University of Queensland (UQ). Miguel E. Rentería receives funding from the Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation, the Shake It Up Australia ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects ...

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study, a team of ...

The symptoms of schizophrenia vary greatly from person to person. A new study shows how these differences manifest themselves in the structure of the brain. Schizophrenia is a complex mental health ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

A new study has reignited the debate over whether political ideology is linked to brain structure. The research, published in the journal iScience, offers a more nuanced view than earlier findings, ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...