Tag: epilepsy

  • Nation & World

    Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain

    New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.

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    $9 million donation earmarked for cannabis research

    Alumnus gives $9 million in largest donation to date to support independent research on the science of cannabinoids at Harvard and MIT. “Our desire is to fill the research void that currently exists in the science of cannabis,” said donor Charles R. “Bob” Broderick.

    7 minutes
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    Seeing brain activity in ‘almost real time’

    Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, King’s College London, and other institutions have developed a technique for measuring brain activity that’s 60 times faster than traditional fMRI.

    6 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Being ‘smart’ about her education

    Amanda Rich found the Harvard Extension School a perfect landing spot for her third degree.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Viewing how neurons work

    A new technique for observing neural activity will allow scientists to stimulate neurons and observe their firing pattern in real time. Tracing those neural pathways can help researchers answer questions about how neural signals propagate, and could one day allow doctors to design individualized treatments for a host of disorders.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Unraveling the secrets of the epilepsy diet

    Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a protein that plays a key role in the long-mysterious effectiveness of an extremely low-calorie, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet in suppressing epileptic seizures.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Rebuilding the brain’s circuitry

    Harvard scientists have rebuilt genetically diseased circuitry in a section of the mouse hypothalamus, an area controlling obesity and energy balance, demonstrating that complex and intricately wired circuitry of the brain long considered incapable of cellular repair can be rewired with the right type of neuronal “replacement parts.”

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    Norman Paul, family therapy pioneer, 85

    Norman Paul, an innovator in the use of family therapy to treat mental illness, died on Oct. 14.

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    Doing the neuron tango

    A group of Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology has discovered that excitatory neurons control the positioning of inhibitory neurons in the brain in a process critically important for generating balanced circuitry and proper cortical response.

    4 minutes
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    Fragile period of childhood brain development could underlie epilepsy

    A form of partial epilepsy associated with auditory and other sensory hallucinations has been linked to the disruption of brain development during early childhood, according to a study led by…

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