Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a prevalent disorder mostly characterized by persistent impairments in cognitive function that poses a substantial burden on caregivers and the healthcare system worldwide. Crucially, severity classification is primarily based on clinical evaluations, which are non-specific and poorly predictive of long-term disability. In this Mini Review, we first provide a description […]

Memory-related impairments in type 2 diabetes may be mediated by insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Previous cross-sectional studies have controversially suggested a relationship between metabolic control and a decrease in hippocampal volumes, but only longitudinal studies can test this hypothesis directly. We performed a longitudinal morphometric study to provide a direct test of a possible role […]

There is a clue in the name. ‘Infant’ is derived from the Latin in fans (without speech). Human babies cannot report their experiences and are uncooperative (to say the least) when it comes to experimental task instructions. For these reasons, it has been difficult to establish when babies become conscious. Bayne and colleagues propose a […]