The brain activity of individuals questioning gender identity may resemble those of their desired gender, according to an article published May 22 by The Telegraph.  

Socioeconomic status will undoubtedly affect an adult mentally and emotionally. However, researchers have discovered that it may change an adult's brain structure and function, according to research published May 14 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  

Contrary to popular belief, a study carried out by researchers from the University of Miami, the University of California Davis, Columbia University and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke may suggest that depression doesn't significantly affect one's memory and cognition.

Through MRI analysis, researchers from Duke University found poor communication between multiple regions in the brain's visual cortex increases the risk of developing mental illness.

Researchers found how effective early nutritional support administered in the NICU is able to assist in increasing brain volume and advancing white matter development in preterm infants.

Researchers from McGill University in Canada, Washington University in St. Louis and Yale University used MRI data to show early HIV treatment is essential for patients to avoid neurological damage, according to a May 3 release from McGill University.

Pediatric obesity and depression may be connected in the brain through similar reward processing abnormalities, according to an April 23 release from Stanford University School of Medicine.

A team of scientists found microvascular changes in individuals with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI), including varying cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in various areas of the brain, that may help explain cognitive difficulties.