Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Brain imaging is giving scientists a clearer picture of why attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder looks so different from one child to the next. New structural MRI work indicates that ADHD is not a ...

Scientists say they each have "unique clinical-neural profiles".

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.