There’s a new way to detect the buildup of tau proteins in living brains, according to research published in the journal Brain. The method uses PET imaging to see in which regions of the brain the protein is accumulating. It may also possibly reveal clues about the potential for Alzheimer’s or other tau-related cognitive diseases in individual patients—and pave the way for new types of Alzheimer’s drugs. 

Concussion diagnosis rates are rising among teenagers—and researchers think they know why. It might not be that more kids are actually getting hurt, but that coaches, parents and doctors are more aware of the warning signs of adolescent head injuries.

A small fMRI study out of Linköping University in Sweden shows why it’s dangerous to not only text while driving but also to talk on the phone.

To the human eye scrutinizing MR images, brain cancer cells can look a lot like cells killed or damaged by radiation treatment. Now comes a computer program capable of beating neuroradiologists at distinguishing between the two.

Using positron emission tomography (PET), researchers in two separate studies have concluded that, contrary to popular hypothesis, neuroinflammation generated by the brain’s immune system is not directly associated with schizophrenia.

A video from researchers at Harvard Medical School shows just what happens when a strain of bacteria becomes drug resistant. 

A new computer program called PiCnIc could help doctors imagine where a patient’s cancer might go next, according to NPR. That information could help physicians and patients come up with earlier or even predictive treatment plans. 

Scientists, with the help of at least one prominent rapper, are looking into just what music does to your brain. A recent story from London's The Guardian examined physicians who were studying the brain of rapper Tinie Tempah using an EEG machine while having his brain undergo fMRI.