There is tremendous interest in the question of how salient, emotional and socially-charged visual stimuli are processed by the brain. This topic is important because it addresses a fundamental ...

The mammalian neocortex is an extremely complex, highly organized, six-layered structure that contains hundreds of different neuronal cell types. Within the neocortex, distinct populations of ...

Spinal myoclonus has been associated with various spinal cord insults, including mass lesions, ischaemia, infection, and as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. 1 It has been postulated that it occurs ...

Small vessel disease is a disorder of cerebral microvessels that causes white matter hyperintensities and several other common abnormalities (eg, recent small subcortical infarcts and lacunes) seen on ...

Since Lance and Adams published their observations on 4 cases of post hypoxic action myoclonus in 1963, few case reports and animal studies followed, all attempted to find the best treatment and ...

Doose syndrome is a rare seizure disorder that often starts in early childhood. The seizures in Doose syndrome may be hard to manage with medication, but some children improve as they grow older.

Low electrolytes can make muscles twitch. Drinking too much caffeine can cause muscle twitching. Not drinking enough water can lead to muscle twitches. Muscle twitches, also called fasciculations, are ...