Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a movement disorder of the nervous system that worsens over time. As nerve cells (neurons) in parts of the brain weaken or are ...
What is Stroke?/ A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results from a blow, bump, jolt, or penetrating injury to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain. This activity ...
Sleep Disorders/Sleeping is an important part of your daily routine—you spend about one-third of your time doing it. Quality sleep – and getting enough of it ...
Sleeping Disorders/Sleeping is an important part of your daily routine—you spend about one-third of your time doing it. Quality sleep – and getting enough of ...
Brain Basics/The Life and Death of a Neuron/Until recently, most neuroscientists thought we were born with all the neurons we were ever going to have. As ...
Autoimmune dysautonomia encompasses severe sympathetic and parasympathetic failure with relative preservation of motor and sensory function disorders of ...
Autoimmune encephalitis refers to a group of conditions that occur when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy brain cells, leading to ...
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)/Autoimmune encephalitis refers to a group of conditions that occur when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks ...
Anti NMDAR encephalitis is a relatively common autoimmune encephalitis characterized by complex neuropsychiatric features and the presence of Immunoglobulin G ...
Hashimoto's encephalopathy, also known as steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), is a neurological condition ...
Limbic Encephalitis (LE) is characterized by a rapidly progressive, non-infective inflammation with short-term memory loss, psychiatric symptoms, and seizures. ...
Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis/Limbic Encephalitis (LE) is characterized by a rapidly progressive, non-infective inflammation with short-term memory loss, ...
Non-Neoplastic Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis/Limbic Encephalitis (LE) is characterized by a rapidly progressive, non-infective inflammation with short-term ...
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurologic disorder in which a person presents with visual disturbance, seizure, headaches, and ...
Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such ...
Altitude-Related Disorders/Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache, ...
The brainstem is the structure that connects the cerebrum of the brain to the spinal cord and cerebellum. It is composed of four sections in descending ...
12 Cranial Nerves/The cranial nerves provide afferent and efferent (sensory, motor, and autonomic) innervation to the structures of the head and neck. ...
The cranial nerves provide afferent and efferent (sensory, motor, and autonomic) innervation to the structures of the head and neck. Unlike spinal nerves ...
