Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

An experimental method, which can predict the aging rate of both brain and body, may detect who should implement lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of age-related conditions, including dementia.

Neuroscientists have identified a brain network that is nearly two times larger in the brains of people with depression. By analyzing people's brains over an extended period rather than at a ...

In the late 1980s, researchers identified a rare genetic mutation that leads to Alzheimer's disease, and yet drugs developed in response haven't slowed Alzheimer's progression nearly to the degree ...

However, depression changes these dynamics as the disorder progresses. A single fMRI brain scan—a snapshot—can’t capture the brain’s trajectory over time. The team tackled these problems head-on. In a ...

Source Reference: Marini S, et al "Health-related behaviors and risk of common age-related brain diseases across severities of genetic risk" Neurology 2024; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210014.

In fMRI images, such as those the brain models shown here are based on, the salience network (shown in black) is twice as large in people with depression (right) than in those without (left). C ...

Depression: How brain scans helped predict long-term treatment outcomes. Activity in the brain’s cognitive control circuit could predict outcomes of depression treatments.

Major depressive disorder (aka 'depression') is a complex medical condition that can affect how you think, feel, and function in daily life. Here are some facts you might not know.

“In a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 688,808 individuals with major depression (MD) and 4,364,225 controls from 29 countries across diverse and admixed ancestries, we ...

They think genetics, stress, and inflammation might play a role. It’s important to get help for your depression. That’s because repeat episodes seem to damage your brain more and more over time.

The new study appears to be the first to scan and compare brain areas during pregnancy and after childbirth and link the changes to postpartum depression, said Elseline Hoekzema, a neuroscientist ...