Oldest

temporal lobe epilepsy

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·September 29, 2016·5 min read

Tracking The Unexpected Mechanisms of Memory

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

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 17, 2016·5 min read

Epilepsy: Why Do Seizures Sometimes Continue After Surgery?

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

Image shows a brain made up of network nodes.

Featured Genetics Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 13, 2016·5 min read

Researchers Identify New Epilepsy Gene Network

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

Image shows a brain surrounded by thunder bolts.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 8, 2017·3 min read

Neurological Link Between Epilepsy and Religious Experiences

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

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 12, 2017·5 min read

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

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

Image shows the location of the amygdala in the brain.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·June 6, 2017·4 min read

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

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

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 24, 2018·3 min read

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

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

Featured Neurology

·February 16, 2018·4 min read

Epilepsy Study Links Mossy Brain Cells to Seizures and Memory Loss

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

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 12, 2018·5 min read

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

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

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 18, 2018·4 min read

Are Near Death Experiences Hallucinations?

Researchers consider the neurobiology of near death experiences.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·January 7, 2019·4 min read

New Key Mechanism of Epileptic Seizures Revealed

According to a new mathematical model of seizures, only the conductivity of the AMPA receptors in neurons in the temporal lobe significantly change, leading to stronger excitation and synaptic signals.