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Tests at 3 years old could predict how well your brain will age

25 August 2019

Cognitive testing at the age of 3 can predict how healthy a person’s brain will be in their mid 40s, and may indicate whether they are likely to develop dementia

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

31 May 2018

If you have a large brain, certain regions are much bigger than expected and others are smaller – but we don’t know how this affects brain function yet

Brains grow brand new neurons after experimental drug injection

29 May 2018

We make very few new brain cells as adults, but a chemical cocktail that creates new neurons in mice could change that, and help treat Alzheimer’s and stroke

People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result

3 May 2018

A gene variant that helps humans cope with colder climates also seems to have put people living in northerly regions at a higher risk of migraine

We can read memories by analysing brain gene activity

10 April 2018

Memories have unique genetic signatures that reveal what they are. The finding could lead to ways to read and alter memories in people with PTSD or phobias

First anatomical evidence of several types of schizophrenia

18 March 2018

Is there more than one type of schizophrenia? Brain scans suggest there are at least two different kinds - a finding that may lead to better treatments

First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems

8 February 2018

Geneticists are starting to unpick what causes psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even some autism-like developmental conditions

Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery

31 January 2018

Trimming the whiskers of mice suggests that blocking off some functions of the brain can help it rewire itself around stroke damage, speeding up recovery