Many potentially efficient drugs have been created to treat neurological disorders, but they cannot be used in practice. Typically, for a condition such as epilepsy, it is essential to act at exactly the right time and place in the brain. For this reason, the team of researchers led by Christophe Bernard at Inserm Unit 1106, […]
Heavy snoring and sleep apnea may be linked to memory and thinking decline at an earlier age, according to a new study published in the April 15, 2015, online issue ofNeurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research also suggests that treating the disorders with a breathing machine may delay the […]
A rare sleep disorder that makes people act out their dreams may be an early warning of a deadly neurological illness, a new review of previous research suggests. About half of people who have a condition known as rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder will develop Parkinson’s disease or a related disorder within a decade […]
Topiramate (Topamax) prescribed for epilepsy and migraine prevention may trigger or worsen eating disorder symptoms in susceptible adolescents, new research shows. Used in children to treat epilepsy as well as episodic and chronic migraine, in 2014 topiramate was also approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for migraine prevention in adolescents.
The ceremonial opening kick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sao Paolo, Brazil, which was performed–with the help of a brain-controlled exo-skeleton–by a local teen who had been paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury, was a seminal moment for the area of neuroscience that strives to connect the brain […]
Even as some states are allowing use of certain marijuana extracts to treat severe epilepsy, the rigorous research needed to prove if one of these compounds really works is just getting under way. Monday, researchers said new findings from a small safety study suggest the extract cannabidiol should be put to the real test. That […]
