Neuroimaging

A recent study in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging suggests that hearing voices in borderline personality disorder is tied to reduced gray matter in specific brain regions. This provides evidence for shared physical mechanisms of hallucinations across mental health conditions.

A recent brain imaging study reveals that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder consists of at least two distinct physical subtypes. This discovery suggests that patients may eventually benefit from highly personalized treatments based on their unique biology.

A new four-year study brings reassuring news to parents: taking stimulant medications like Ritalin during childhood does not permanently alter brain development, suggesting that initial adaptations to the drug are only temporary.

Young adults with high social anxiety show heightened activity in the brain's visual processing areas. These neural changes explain their high alertness to social threats and offer a physical marker for early detection.

Researchers discovered that clearing out certain digestive bacteria with antibiotics helps calm the immune system. This temporary microbial shift protected mice from severe brain swelling and cellular death following repeated head injuries.

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these rare injuries to pinpoint the exact brain network that generates our internal visual world.

By measuring the magnetic fields of the brain, researchers found that different contemplative practices uniquely change how our minds balance strict order and total chaos. These shifts make neural activity more adaptable and less predictable over time.

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress demonstrated a stronger link between advancing age and declining mental skills, alongside distinct gray matter volume differences.

Older adults with exceptional memories continue to grow new brain cells. A recent study published in the journal Nature shows that this biological process nearly stops in people with Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists have discovered that insulin works directly with the brain's dopamine system to suppress the urge to overeat. Disrupting this biological link leads to persistent, compulsive food-seeking despite negative health consequences.

Men convicted of sexually sadistic crimes possess increased brain tissue in areas related to empathy and visual processing. These anatomical differences provide a rare biological glimpse into an extreme psychiatric condition.

A new mouse study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology provides evidence that psilocybin selectively enhances the brain's ability to rewire itself. The research suggests that optimizing specific doses could help tailor treatments for different psychiatric symptoms.

Researchers have mapped a pathway connecting infant screen time to teenage anxiety. The study associates early screen exposure with accelerated brain network maturation, which predicts more hesitant decision-making in childhood and greater anxiety in adolescence.

Narcissists might not just be stubborn—their brains might be wired to ignore failure. New research shows that individuals with grandiose narcissism exhibit a blunted neural response to their own mistakes, preventing them from self-correcting.

A new review in Nature Reviews Neurology warns that falling vaccination rates are fueling a resurgence of measles and polio. This trend threatens to inflict severe, lifelong brain and spinal cord damage on a generation of unprotected children.