It is estimated that one-third of the 50 million people worldwide with epilepsy are resistant to anti-seizure medications. These patients, with drug-resistant epilepsy, have limited treatment options ...

One-third of epilepsy patients are resistant to medication. Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian nucleus (CM) is a ...

Alzheimer's disease not only robs people of their memory but also affects mood, often causing anxiety and depression. Until ...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could play a big role in our food consumption ...

Salk neuroscientists discover brain area called gracile nucleus is central to the development of mechanical allodynia, a ...

Our bodies are colonized by a teeming, ever-changing mass of microbes that help power countless biological processes.

In a new study, researchers unveil a device that might offer an alternative to invasive procedures. Featuring a novel ultrasound helmet, it not only modulates deep-brain circuits without surgery, but ...

Phe, which suppresses appetite by acting on brain neurons. This mechanism could inspire new weight-loss treatments. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological ...

After nine months in the womb, humans enter a world filled with texture and shape. We must then quickly learn to recognize ...