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Discusses what epilepsy is, causes of epilepsy, different types of seizures, and first aid for seizures as there is no cure for epilepsy

Infographics Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Knowing Epilepsy

Written and Illustrated by Yang Sun-Hwang Edited by Gil Torten, Federica Raguseo, and Zoe Dobler… Read More

Infographics

Sneha Chaturvedi April 13, 2023 brain function, functional neurological disorder, Movement, movement disorder, Neurological Disorder, Seizure, Therapy

Knowing Functional Neurological Disorders

What is a Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)? For International Functional Neurological Disorder Awareness Day (April 13th), Sneha Chaturvedi explains the basics in Knowing Neurons’ new infographic. Click here to learn… Read More

Infographics

Rajamani Selvam December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Cognitive, Neurological Disorder, Neurology, Seizure, Vision

Batten disease

Batten disease is a rare neurological disorder that causes vision loss, seizures, and progressive decline in cognitive function. Different types of the disorder exist depending on the age of patient… Read More

Infographics Brain Development Movement Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Rajamani Selvam October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Alternating Hemiplegia, ATP, Autosomal dominant, de novo mutation, Genetic Counseling, Infographic, Movement, Neurodevelopment, Paralysis, Physical Therapy, Seizure

Alternating Hemiplegia [Infographic]

Alternating Hemiplegia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects children. A characteristic symptom of the disorder is repetitive episodes of paralysis on one side or both sides of the body. The… Read More

Big Ideas Consciousness Philosophy

Joel Frohlich February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Anesthesia, Brain, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, complexity, Conscious, Consciousness, Cortex, Death, Evolution, Giulio Tononi, Human, Information, Integrated Information Theory, Lesions, Life, Neurons, Neurophilosophy, philosophy, Qualia, Seizure, Sleep, Solipsism, Systems, Thomas Nagel, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulaion, Zombies

Consciousness: The Final Frontier

When I walk through my kitchen, I smell fresh food and feel warmth radiating off of it. These internal, subjective experiences are called qualia. I assume that my refrigerator, my… Read More

Brain Basics Neuro SciFi

Gabrielle Torre February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Black Mirror, Brain, Brain boosters, Default mode network, Epilepsy, fMRI, Functional MRI, Human, Human Brain, Human potential, Humans, Movies, MRI, Myth, Neuroimaging, Neuromyth, Neuroscience, Neuroscientist, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Seizure, TV

The Life and Times of the 10% Neuromyth

How much of your brain are you using right now? The science fiction answer would be “10%.” And, if you’ve watched enough bad sci-fi, using 100% of your brain would… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Brain Basics

Joel Frohlich January 25, 2017June 30, 2017 Autism, Brain, complexity, Critical State, Criticality, Disorder, E/I Balance, EEG, Electroencephalogram, Epilepsy, Epileptic, Excitation, GABA, glutamate, Inhibition, Power law, Schizophrenia, Seizure, Self-organized criticality, SOC

Excitation and Inhibition: The Yin and Yang of the Brain

To make a working nervous system, only two forces are necessary: excitation and inhibition.… Read More

Neuroscience Technologies Did You Know?

Joel Frohlich January 4, 2017June 30, 2017 Brain, Broca, Cortex, DBS, Deep Brain Stimulation, depression, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, ECT, EEG, electroconvulsive therapy, Motor, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Prefrontal, Prefrontal Cortex, rDCS, Seizure, TMS, transcranial direct current stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Stimulating Neural Circuits with Magnetism

Brain stimulation might sound like some Frankensteinian demonstration from a Victorian science fair. But in reality, it is a contemporary technique making a huge impact in neuroscience by addressing a… Read More

Big Ideas

Joel Frohlich July 20, 2016June 30, 2017 Brain, Calcium, Carol Jung, Chaos, Chinese, Claude Shannon, Entropy, Experiments, Granule, Imaging, Information, Information theory, inhibitory, Komiyama, Mice, Mitral, Neurons, Neuroscience, Odor, Olfaction, Olfactory Bulb, paradox, Research, Seizure, Sleep, Sparse coding, theory, Videos, x, YouTube, z, Zebrafish

Learning from Disorder: The Paradox of Information in the Brain

In Dante’s Inferno, the fifth circle of Hell is a place where the wrathful fight each other for eternity. Similarly, I often consider YouTube comments to be an extracanonical circle… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Popular Articles

Joel Frohlich February 3, 2016March 5, 2017 Autism, Criticality, Distribution, EEG, Epilepsy, Math, Modularity, Power law, Scale, Schizophrenia, Seizure, Self-organized criticality, Simplicity, SOC

The Fugue of Life: Why Complexity Matters in Physiology and Neuroscience

People like simplicity. Each decade, corporate logos grow progressively minimalistic, pop songs use ever simpler melodies, and visual art embraces simpler compositions, as Monet gives way to Picasso and Picasso… Read More

Ghost in the Machine: The Neuroscience of Consciousness

Big Ideas Brain Basics Consciousness Did You Know?Philosophy

Joel Frohlich March 4, 2015July 10, 2017 A measure for brain complexity: relating functional segregation and integration in the nervous system, A universe of consciousness: how matter becomes imagination, An information integration theory of consciousness, Brain, Cerebellum, Consciousness, Cortex, Edelman, EEG, Giulio Tononi, Idea, IIT, Integrated Information Theory, Neuroscience, Phi, Seizure, Thought, Tononi

Ghost in the Machine: The Neuroscience of Consciousness

Some questions cannot be addressed by science. Like parallel universes, the consciousness of others is not something that can be directly observed, measured, or experienced. Rene Descartes famously said, “I… Read More

Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Ryan Jones February 6, 2013March 5, 2017 Epilepsy, grand mal, partial seizure, Seizure, tonic clonic

Epilepsy: The Brain’s Cacophony

Imagine sitting in the front row of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on opening night. The LA Philharmonic’s conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, has tirelessly prepared an amazing performance: Mozart’s Symphony No.… Read More