Neuroscience news and clinical updates, with links to original sources.
Every extra walk to school, casual soccer game in the park or trip to the store could be doing more for teenage mental health than first thought, according to…
A research team developed a word-and-phrase tool that may help identify signals linked with higher suicide risk in text conversations.
Researchers found that violence exposure and cognitive or learning-related disabilities often occurred together in 115 incarcerated male adolescents.
A new editorial brings together evidence linking enjoyable reading with well-being, thinking skills and healthier aging.
A planned study will test an MRI-based feedback tool in young adults at clinical high risk of psychosis.
A brain-scan study of 116 naturally cycling women found an association between higher progesterone and less distinct activity patterns during an emotion-control task.
A computational study suggests that conditions with similar symptoms may share connected biological pathways, even when their individual genes differ.
A new review maps what scientists know—and do not yet know—about attention, creativity and possible future ADHD therapies.
A large DNA study offers new clues about brain pathways shared by obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorders.
A planned study will examine whether a nurse-led family program can ease trauma-related stress symptoms.
A national survey study found increasing cannabis use disorder from 2021 to 2024, with notable rises in several adult age groups.
A federal scheduling move described in the supplied coverage would ban three lab-made compounds, while the status of concentrated 7-OH products remains unsettled.
A new study shows promise in emotional training.
Scientists are exploring how memories work in our brains.
A review of 149 studies found that people who used cannabis developed psychosis earlier on average than nonusers.
A systematic review found that few potential medicines have been tested across the full path from early research to clinical trials.
New research highlights serious health risks for those with severe mental conditions.
Children with epilepsy might face challenges in school.
A study of 62 adults suggests brain activity under psilocybin becomes organized around what people are doing and experiencing.
A recent study reveals how brain cells may relate to depression.
Researchers find differences in brain receptors among autistic adults.
In one Israeli hospital cohort, scans and EEGs rarely found an explanation unless a child had neurological or unusual clinical features.
Enjoying heavy metal music could help with pain relief.
A new study sheds light on brain activity patterns in schizophrenia.
In a general-population study, measures of heartbeat and breathing awareness were not associated with reported mental health symptoms.
A brain-imaging analysis identified two possible patterns of major depression in adolescents, but more research is needed before they could affect care.
A study of 60 young adults suggests that the emotional tone of recommended videos may matter more than screen time alone.
A small randomized study found a short-term improvement on one thinking test after a month of home HEPA filtration.
Postmortem brain research found lower chemical tagging at a key stress-response gene in people with schizophrenia.
A newly published correspondence highlights questions about how studies of motor differences in ADHD are designed and interpreted.
A new implant combined drug delivery, light-based nerve-cell control and remote programming in freely moving rodents.
A new questionnaire aims to measure childhood predictability, opportunity and safety alongside adversity.
A rat study suggests that nicotine vapor exposure early in life may have lasting effects on nicotine-seeking behavior.
A small study of 177 coworkers examined whether personality traits were linked with “phubbing,” or ignoring someone to use a phone.
A large medical-record study found a strong association over five years, but it cannot show that one condition causes the other.
A small MRI study found that World Trade Center responders with chronic PTSD had brain-age estimates about three years older than their actual ages.
A laboratory study maps how mutations in autism-linked genes can alter protein connections involved in early brain development.
A review of 26 studies found small differences in certain blood immune-receptor signals across diagnostic groups.
A new study examines how changes in the brain may relate to feelings of sadness in older adults.
A mouse study points to a brain pathway that may help explain why isolation increased alcohol drinking in males.