Puzzle of Impaired Consciousness in Absence Epilepsy Solved?
Intense abnormal activity in well-known brain networks that occurs early in a seizure may be the key to impaired consciousness in children with absence epilepsy, new research suggests.
Recovery from TBI appears to go hand-in-hand with improvement of sleep problems
After a traumatic brain injury (TBI), people also experience major sleep problems, including changes in their sleep-wake cycle. A new study shows that recovering from these two conditions occurs in parallel. The study is published in the December 21, 2016, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Neuroscientists uncover how the brain retunes to pull meaning out of noisy environment
When you’re suddenly able to understand someone despite their thick accent, or finally make out the lyrics of a song, your brain appears to be re-tuning to recognize speech that was previously incomprehensible.
Seizure Triggers: Research Sheds Lights on How Certain Stimuli Cause Seizures
Why does exposure to rhythmic stimulation at certain frequencies facilitate the occurrence of epileptic seizures?
AVOIDING SIDE EFFECTS: Trial Administers Epilepsy Drugs Directly to the Brain
WORLD-first trial will deliver medication directly into the brain of epilepsy patients to sidestep the devastating side-effects of tablets. The pioneering treatment aims to be a game-changer for neurological conditions more widely by getting a drug directly where it is needed. The St Vincent’s Hospital team has implanted a pump in their first patient. The […]
A strategy for efficiently converting stem cells to neurons offers a potent neurological research tool
Neurological disorders are especially challenging to study in the laboratory, in part because of limited access to fully functional human neurons. Now, a powerful technique for reliably producing a subset of neurons involved with common neurological disorders has been developed by a team of Singaporean researchers led by Hyunsoo Je of the DUKE-NUS Medical School.
