The UCSD psychiatry researcher championed the concept of mental illness as a neurobiological condition and helped form the US government’s Decade of the Brain initiative.

Changes in gene expression also hint at how the brains of people with ASD develop differently from those of other people.

Despite previous positive reports, researchers didn’t see transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) cut back on people’s urges or eating.

Biologists say a sound suspected to have caused headaches, nausea, and possible brain damage among diplomats is actually of insects chirping.

At playtime together, parents’ brain activity mimics that of their infant children.

Amputation of one limb triggers a rapid electric response that reflects the injury in the opposite one, researchers find.

Rodent and human studies have revealed a multitude of effects starting during gestation and lasting into adulthood.

Inhibiting nerve cells that produce the neurotransmitter made it harder for baby mice to recover from bouts of slowed breathing.

Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention.