People with dementia have distinct brain wave patterns. Researchers are investigating ... EEG is already used to diagnose and study conditions such as epilepsy, brain inflammation and sleep ...

Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for ...

While it is known that the brain’s cortex plays a role in thermal perception, the specific mechanisms for distinguishing temperature remain unclear. Researchers at Waseda University in Japan have used ...

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...

The only magnetoencephalography (MEG) laboratory in the Southeast, the UAB-HSF MEG Laboratory, is part of the Epilepsy Center. MEG provides a more accurate way of locating the origin of seizures and ...

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can develop following traumatic brain injury. Led by researchers at ...

Nov. 30, 2023 — Slow waves that usually only occur in the brain during sleep are also present during wakefulness in people with epilepsy and may protect against increased brain excitability ...