Gait apraxia affects a person's ability to start and coordinate walking. It occurs when something affects the brain's frontal ...

Decades of research have implicated hippocampal dysfunction in psychosis, but it’s been unclear whether this dysfunction was causative or compensatory. A new study suggests a causal role for ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper published ...

The faster patients can be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, the sooner they can begin taking the powerful medications that ...

A new, incision-free technique developed at UVA Health shows strong early results in treating cerebral cavernous malformations, nearly halting lesion growth. Cavernous malformations, or cavernomas, ...

Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is able to identify focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) — the microscopic lesions responsible for refractory epilepsy in children — with up to 94% accuracy. Dubbed ...

Anomic aphasia involves difficulty finding the right word when speaking or writing. Learn more about its causes, diagnosis, and treatment options here.

New research reveals that even a small loss of myelin—the protective coating around neurons—can severely disrupt how the brain sends and interprets sensory information.

This protective layer allows signals to pass between cells incredibly quickly. But what happens when this layer goes missing ...