Coen Wylie was only six months old when a surgeon cut too far into his motor cortex and left him permanently disabled.
The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...
From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, ...
Recent studies by Donna Thomas have shown how children commonly have extra-sensory experiences that go beyond our typical ...
US scientists, who tracked over 1,000 young adults, found 63 per cent of heavy cannabis users had reduced brain activity, ...
From a study that analyzed brain images of more than 2,500 people with Parkinson's disease in 20 different countries, scientists were able to identify ...
with retained postural control (79), consistent with the features of focal dycognitive and focal motor seizures in human beings. Therefore, the piriform cortex is highly susceptible to the induction ...
Such treatment might be proconvulsive. Objective: To examine the effects of the noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant mirtazapine on motor cortex excitability in epilepsy patients ...
Three of seven patients showed motor manifestations, including bilateral asymmetric tonic seizures and hypermotor seizures. In these patients, ictal activities spread to frontal (lateral premotor area ...
The forebrain is the most common site of seizures and contributes to the regulation of breathing through connections to brainstem respiratory regions and/or spinal circuits that control respiratory ...
Insular cortex epilepsy (IE) is a form of epilepsy that arises from the insular cortex, a region of the brain that plays a crucial role in various functions, including emotion, perception ...