A new brain-imaging study has revealed how ketamine produces its fast antidepressant effects in people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers tracked changes in a critical brain receptor ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major global health problem and one of the leading causes of disability. About 30% of people diagnosed with ...

For people antidepressants can’t help, ketamine changes the brain in ways we can now see In A Nutshell For the first time, researchers used a specialized brain scan to watch how ketamine alters a key ...

A pilot clinical trial has found that low-dose lithium tablets might help slow verbal decline among seniors with mild ...

Researchers used a novel PET tracer to visualize how ketamine alters AMPA receptor distribution in the brains of patients ...

A series of recent brain-imaging studies has begun to explain a central mystery of the psychedelic experience: why people on psilocybin report that memories seem to blend with what they are actually ...

For one woman, the road to answers ran through five different doctors before anyone thought to look inside her skull. Her ...

(Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images) A second pregnancy alters the brain in distinctive ways that are not simply a repeat of the first, new research shows. Compared with women having their first child and ...

Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now ...

Researchers identified three distinct brain “biotypes” of ADHD, each with its own chemical signature—offering new clues about why treatment can feel like trial and error.

China backs ultrasound brain tech to treat pain and explore thought detection without implants. Here’s what it means for your ...

Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) saves lives by treating cancer that has spread to the brain, but it also causes long-standing brain damage. Many patients who go through radiation treatment later ...