A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed look at how the psychedelic drug psilocybin facilitates the ...

A new study suggests that a three-nutrient blend may alter both neural activity and behavior in mice with autism-like traits.

Humans and most other animals are known to be strongly driven by expected rewards or adverse consequences. The process of ...

An international team led by Cornell University has used a modified rabies virus to trace how psilocybin reshapes brain-wide ...

Brain morphology in children with FSX was compared with those who have idiopathic autism spectrum disorder or typical development.

For decades, mental health research focused almost exclusively on the brain. Depression was framed as a chemical imbalance, anxiety as faulty ...

Our understanding of schizophrenia has increased greatly in recent years, as studies of large groups of people have identified a multitude of genetic variants that increase a person's risk of the ...

People can think, behave and function very differently. These observed differences are known to be the result of complex interactions between genetics, neurobiological processes and life experiences.

A surprising discovery from aging researchers shows that dietary restriction isn’t enough to extend lifespan on its own.