Understanding the Links between Social Media and Depression

It’s more what people do on social media and less how much time they spend doing it that affects mood, suggests a new study. Perhaps “improving” habits of usage could also improve mood?

The Alzheimer's Puzzle

Interest in exploring the possible role of germs in causing Alzheimer’s disease has been surging in recent years. However, at this point, it is unclear whether microbes play a major or minor role, if any, in causing Alzheimer’s—and what ethical issues the microbe theory might raise. Neuroethics column for Brain in the News.

Cerebellum Good for More than Moving You Around

While it’s famed for its fine-tuning of movements internal and external, researchers find more evidence that it fine-tunes cognitive control, sensation, and emotional processing, too. 

Synapse Loss in Schizophrenia?

Researchers show not only that microglia derived from the schizophrenic patients engulfed more synapses than those derived from people without the disorder, but also that the patient-derived synapses were more prone to being targeted by all the microglia.

Seeking an Image of the Smallest Strokes

Microinfarcts are too small to be detected in living humans. Dana grantee Andy Shih is working on new types of imaging that might someday be sharp enough to detect these tiny blood-vessel clogs. One of our series of Q&As with neuroscientists.