Neurosciences

Researchers identify a protein in immune cells that may play a key role in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have developed new scoring criteria that may help physicians in the future more quickly identify and treat patients with rapidly progressive dementia.

Researchers have discovered three new therapeutic targets that could lead to future treatments of progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative brain disorder.

Researchers are seeking to better understand REM sleep behavior disorder, in which people seem to act out their dreams.

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a specific group of neurons within the brain's external globus pallidus region are connected to addictive behaviors.

In a new study, Mayo Clinic scientists and their international collaborators discover a new brain area involved in movement.

A new study shows transmission speed among brain regions increases into early adulthood. The structural system of neural pathways develops as people age.

Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified key clinical findings that can help clinicians recognize patients with potentially treatable causes of rapidly progressive dementia, who ...

Surgical removal of both ovaries is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism in women younger than 43, Mayo Clinic researchers report ...

The risks of dementia, cancer and vascular disease increase with age, but the connection between the conditions is not fully understood. Now, Mayo Clinic researchers ...