Complications during pregnancy may act via the placenta to magnify the effects of genetic risk factors.

The neuronal coverings that mediate synaptic changes are involved in everything from memory to psychiatric disorders, affecting autism, Alzheimer’s, and addiction.

See the web of proteins that make up these neuronal wrappings.

Presentations at the Society for Neuroscience meeting point to changes in neurons and connectivity between brain regions as potential components of the enigmatic condition.

Researchers are piecing together the links between the gut microbiome and mental health.

The brains of primates and mice follow the same exponential rule of connectivity, according to a study.

The same genes can make people more sensitive to their experiences, “for better of for worse,” psychologists argue.

Virus found in amniotic fluid; scientists consider links to mental illness, global warming, dengue, and Guillain-Barré syndrome

In the introduction to the book, author Eliezer J. Sternberg illustrates what can happen when the brain’s processing centers are damaged.

The most bizarre behaviors often make perfect sense in the minds of the mentally ill.