In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like ...

To a stranger my seizures would often go unnoticed – I have been told countless times that I look as though I am daydreaming.

Physical and imagined movement through real-world environments may use the same neural mechanism in the brain, suggests a ...

A study led by Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, group leader of the Neural Mechanisms of Perception and Memory Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, has allowed scientists to observe ...

When Dylan Sullivan picks up her pencil, every point, every line and every shape is made with mathematical precision.

The nervous system is a major target for both positive and negative actions of hormones while using hormonal contraceptives.

A SURGEON has revealed how removing a cyst from Davina McCall’s brain was like “defusing a bomb”. Davina was diagnosed with a ...

This dysfunction spreads across the brain, impacting the medial temporal lobes. This electrical disturbance triggers the sensation of déjà vu, often at the onset of a seizure. The rhinal cortex ...

An occipital stroke happens in the back of the brain. This lobe, or part of the brain, helps people to recognize what they see. That means strokes in the occipital lobe can cause vision changes, which ...