A new study has identified specific genetic variants that confer a high risk for developing schizophrenia and other mental ...

Kenneth Kendler, one of the most influential and prolific psychiatric researchers and historians of our time, recently published two articles examining the role of the brain in psychiatric disorders: ...

One in two people in the United States, just over half of the population, is affected by a neurological disease or disorder, ...

Doctors have announced the first successful treatment for Huntington’s disease, a devastating inherited condition that combines symptoms of dementia, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease. The ...

A study identifies four key turning points in the development of neural connections throughout life, a finding that may help ...

Naturally occurring changes in brain wiring can help patients at high genetic risk of developing bipolar disorder avert the onset of the illness, according to a new study led by researchers at the ...

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is hospitalized. He is being observed for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a condition he has managed for a decade. This neurodegenerative disorder affects ...

Billy Joel has canceled all 17 shows he had scheduled for 2025 after announcing a recent diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). This brain disorder is caused by the accumulation of too much ...

One of the most common causes of epilepsy is a structural brain abnormality. “Epilepsy can result from structural issues in ...