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Effects of Epilepsy on Neural Activity Fluctuates with Reproductive Cycle: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsOctober 12, 2018

Researchers report mice with epilepsy have alterations in neural pattern activity in an area of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system.... Read More...

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Epilepsy Study Links Mossy Brain Cells to Seizures and Memory Loss

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 16, 2018

Researchers have implicated mossy cells in both seizures and memory problems in those with temporal lobe epilepsy.... Read More...

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Can’t Remember a Name? Blame the Left Side of Your Brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 24, 2018

Study reveals both similarities and differences in how the left and right sides of the brain process semantic memory.... Read More...

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Brain Damage Can Make Sideways Faces More Memorable and Give Us ‘Emotional Blindness’

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2017

Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.... Read More...

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Neuroscience Explanations For ‘Alien Abduction’ Aren’t So Out of This World

Neuroscience NewsMay 12, 2017

Researchers provide more real, scientific explanations as to why some people are convinced they have experienced alien encounters.... Read More...

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Neurological Link Between Epilepsy and Religious Experiences

Neuroscience NewsMarch 8, 2017

A new study provides additional evidence that the tenancy for people to be drawn toward religious belief is neurologically based.... Read More...

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Researchers Identify New Epilepsy Gene Network

Neuroscience NewsDecember 13, 2016

Researchers have identified a network of 320 genes they believe to be associated with epilepsy.... Read More...

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Epilepsy: Why Do Seizures Sometimes Continue After Surgery?

Neuroscience NewsNovember 17, 2016

A new study highlights the potential reasons why many patients with severe epilepsy still continue to experience seizures even after surgery.... Read More...

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Tracking The Unexpected Mechanisms of Memory

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 29, 2016

A new study sheds light on the unexpected molecular mechanisms in place for memories to form.... Read More...

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Brain Signals Between Seizures May Explain Memory Problems in Those With Epilepsy

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2016

According to a new study, epileptic patients brains send signals that create empty memories in the period of time between seizures and normalcy. ... Read More...

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Seen That Before: What Causes Déjà Vu?

Neuroscience NewsApril 13, 2016

Researchers investigate why we experience episodes of déjà vu.... Read More...

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The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 15, 2016

Is belief in God innate in our brains, as if it were installed by some divine programmer? Or is spirituality a more complex evolving adaptation that has both helped and harmed us as a species? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.... Read More...

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temporal lobe epilepsy

Effects of Epilepsy on Neural Activity Fluctuates with Reproductive Cycle: Mouse Study

Epilepsy Study Links Mossy Brain Cells to Seizures and Memory Loss

Can’t Remember a Name? Blame the Left Side of Your Brain

Neuroscience Explanations For ‘Alien Abduction’ Aren’t So Out of This World

Neurological Link Between Epilepsy and Religious Experiences

Researchers Identify New Epilepsy Gene Network

Epilepsy: Why Do Seizures Sometimes Continue After Surgery?

Tracking The Unexpected Mechanisms of Memory

Brain Signals Between Seizures May Explain Memory Problems in Those With Epilepsy

Seen That Before: What Causes Déjà Vu?

The God Brain: Roundtable Discussion on God and Spirituality for Brain Games