Specialists with Connecticut-based Oxford Performance Materials have used 3D printing technology to replace three-quarters of a man’s injured skull, according to the New York Daily News.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been blamed for a number of high profile suicides among National Football League players, but some are wondering if the degenerative brain disease could have been a factor in the Boston Marathon bombings.

A new genetically engineered lab rat that has the full array of brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease supports the idea that increases in a molecule called beta-amyloid in the brain causes the disease, according to a study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Scientists at the ATR Computation Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, have found a way to predict what a person is dreaming about based on fMRI scans of dreamers.

A review article published in a special issue of Nature Reviews Neurology dedicated to traumatic brain injury (TBI) came with a plea for more long-term studies and identification of genetic risk factors for permanent disability stemming from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Alzheimer’s disease.

President Barack Obama announced the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, a $100 million research investment project, during an April 2 event at the White House.