by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, May 13, 2024 | Neuroscience
Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a rare type of focal motor seizure characterized by continuous, involuntary muscle contractions in a specific part of the body. These contractions usually involve rhythmic, twitching movements and can last for several hours to...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, May 13, 2024 | Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01639-xThe subcommissural organ (SCO) is a gland in the brain, and relatively little is known about its function. Zhang et al. genetically ablated SCO cells and observed severe hydrocephalus...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, May 13, 2024 | Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01643-1Physiologically relevant stimulation of dopamine neurons does not function as a reward and does not endow cues with a reward representation. However, high-frequency stimulation is...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, May 13, 2024 | Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 13 May 2024; doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01638-yIt has been widely believed that a key function of sleep is to actively clear metabolites and toxins from the brain. Miao, Luo et al. show in mice that brain clearance is markedly...
by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Thursday, May 9, 2024 | Neuroscience
CNS 2024 Every day, we have an almost nonstop view of different actions unfolding around us, whether in traffic watching cars, on TV observing people interact, or at a park seeing dogs and kids playing. For scientists trying to understand how we take in such visual...
