This important study provides a detailed analysis of the transcriptional landscape of the mouse hippocampus in the context of various physiological states. The main conclusions have solid support: ...

Neuroscientists have long dreamed of watching thoughts unfold as they happen, without disturbing the fragile tissue that ...

Dr Ben Jonker loves treating people with trigeminal neuralgia – a condition that has been described as the “suicide disease”.

This paper presents an important advance in genetically encoded voltage imaging of the developing zebrafish spinal cord in vivo, capturing voltage dynamics in neuronal populations, single cells, and ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

Clearing out “aged” brain cells dramatically reduced seizures and restored memory in a new epilepsy study.

Temporal lobe epilepsy, which results in recurring seizures and cognitive dysfunction, is associated with premature aging of ...

A multi-institute team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators established for the first time how certain drugs used to treat epilepsy affect ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases affecting the nervous system and implies a predisposition to seizures. Per best estimates from CDC and WHO, there are 3.4 million people living with ...

(WISH) — Epilepsy is when the brain has an electrical misfire that causes multiple seizures. Depending on where the misfire takes place, the seizure will have different effects, such as freezing or ...

This story is part of a series on 10 life-saving medical breakthroughs. Click here to read the rest. JONATHAN NEMETH, 23 of Batavia, Illinois, used to wake up some mornings with intense muscle aches.

Epilepsy affects millions worldwide, yet the precise mechanisms that trigger epilepsy, or recurring seizures, is still not fully understood. For years, scientists have focused mainly on neurons; the ...