Patients with moderate to severe depression reported significant improvements in mood when researchers precisely stimulated a brain region called the...

Genetics may predispose some people to both Alzheimer's disease and high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, a common...

Distinct sets of genetic defects in a single neuronal protein can lead either to infantile epilepsy or to autism spectrum...

New research led by UC San Francisco scientists has revealed that mutations in a gene linked with brain development may...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a previously unknown mass migration of inhibitory neurons into the brain's frontal cortex...

A study of 35 families led by a UC San Francisco psychiatric researcher showed for the first time that the...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that boys and girls with sensory processing disorder (SPD) have altered pathways for...

Electronic cigarettes are widely promoted and used to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, but a new analysis from UC San...

The workings of neural circuits associated with creativity are significantly altered when artists are actively attempting to express emotions, according...

Although adults with serious psychiatric disorders are at high risk for diabetes, a large study led by UC San Francisco...

Preschoolers with oppositional defiant behavior are more likely to have shorter telomeres, a hallmark of cellular aging, which in adults...

Women under chronic stress have significantly lower levels of klotho, a hormone that regulates aging and enhances cognition, researchers at...

UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a possible mechanism for how deep-brain stimulation (DBS), a widely used treatment for movement...

By studying specially bred mice with specific developmental and cognitive traits resembling those seen in schizophrenia, UC San Francisco researchers...

A miniscule cluster of estrogen-producing nerve cells in the mouse brain exerts highly specific effects on aggressive behavior in both...