The dorsal thalamus, usually simply referred to as the thalamus is a subdivision of a brain area called the diencephalon, which also includes the eptithalamus, the ventral thalamus and the subthalamic ...

Ever noticed that looking at photos of good times with family or friends diminishes the pain of your headache? Nostalgia has already been shown to be helpful with pain relief, and a new study has now ...

A 55 year-old hypertensive man developed a headache, nausea and vomiting, associated with left sided numbness which slowly worsened over 2 hours. He later became lethargic. His neurological exam ...

A new study in mice shows that briefly anesthetizing the retina of the weaker eye can restore its neural influence in the adult visual cortex.

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers evaluated the effectiveness and safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) within the central lateral (CL) thalamic nuclei and the ...

A 52 year-old hypertensive man developed a headache, nausea and vomiting, associated with right sided numbness which slowly worsened 30 minutes. He then developed right sided weakness followed by a ...

Diagnostic Challenges in Low-Resource Settings —A Six-Case Series. Neuroscience and Medicine, 16, 221-233. doi: ...