For the parents of a sick child, physicians unable able to make a firm diagnosis and move forward with treatment options can be infuriating—to put it lightly.  

The hills are alive with the sound of music, as the song goes—and so is your brain, according to new neuroimaging research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). According to a recent article in Washington Post, the NIH is beginning to explore how the brain processes music partially due to an increase in using music in patient care programs and facilities.

Researchers have understood amyloid-Beta and tau proteins in the brain are early warning signs for Alzheimer’s disease. Atrophy in the hippocampus is another physical change in such patients. But a recent study examined the link between brain volume and protein deposits.

In rare cases, brain lesions can lead previously law-abiding individuals to criminal behavior. Researchers, led by Ryan Darby, MD, an assistant professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, examined MRI and CT scans to see if such injuries can lead to deteriorated decision-making and a disregard for morality.

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that females are more likely to experience sports-related concussions (SRCs) than males, narrowing the research gap of sex specific predictors of occurrence and recovery from SRCs.

Individuals suffering from developmental speech disorders may get a clearer insight into the brain's role, according to a new MRI study from Germany.  

What do you get when you put together a monkey, a computer and a moving yellow square? Surprisingly, a neuroscience study that marks the first time ultrasound technology has been safely used to alter brain activity while simultaneously avoiding the destruction of brain tissue.  

As the old rock-n-roll cliché goes, “If it’s too loud, you’re too old.” But Swedish researchers, with the help of MRI, have found brain structure and gray matter—which can be affected by age—might have something to do with an individual’s sensitivity to noise.