Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now identified and described a molecular mechanism underlying the most common malformation of the brain in humans.

Wakefulness, along with fast cortical rhythms and associated cognition, depend on the basal forebrain (BF). BF cholinergic cell loss in dementia and the sedative effect of anti-cholinergic drugs have ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Anatomic abnormalities of olfactory and overlying forebrain structures are present in patients with schizophrenia and in those at risk for the disorder, new research shows.

Because we found that communication between the hippocampus and red nucleus occurred primarily during REM sleep, disrupting normal sleep in early infancy could interfere with the strengthening of the ...

Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a protein that allows nerve cells to communicate may enhance perceptions of chronic and persistent pain. In the ...