Tag: Epilepsy

Startup helps people fall asleep by aligning audio signals with brainwaves

AI SummaryElemind, a startup founded by a team including an MIT professor, is using an EEG headband to emit acoustic stimulation aligned with brainwaves to help people fall asleep more quickly. In a study, 30 minutes of stimulation decreased sleep onset by 10 to 15 minutes. The device may offer benefits over sleeping pills in… Continue reading Startup helps people fall asleep by aligning audio signals with brainwaves

An abstract linguistic space for transmitting information from one mind to another

AI SummaryThe article explores how linguistic information is transmitted from one person’s brain to another’s during face-to-face conversation. The authors use intracranial recordings and neural network language models to identify an abstract, shared linguistic space that exists during conversation.In this issue of Neuron, Zada et al. examine how linguistic information flows from a speaker’s brain to… Continue reading An abstract linguistic space for transmitting information from one mind to another

[Editorial] Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders

AI SummaryThis editorial discusses the global public health challenge posed by neurological disorders and the WHO’s Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) aimed at improving access to care for individuals with neurological disorders. The WHO aims to have 80% of countries providing essential medicines for neurological disorders in primary care… Continue reading [Editorial] Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders

Experience Dependence of Alpha Rhythms and Neural Dynamics in the Mouse Visual Cortex

AI SummaryThis study explored how early-life experiences impact cortical dynamics in the visual cortex of adult, head-fixed mice. Two forms of blindness were induced before eye opening and were shown to have unique effects on network behavior. Enucleation led to changes in low-frequency synchronization during movement, resembling human alpha oscillations, while eyelid suture altered neural… Continue reading Experience Dependence of Alpha Rhythms and Neural Dynamics in the Mouse Visual Cortex

Neural Activity Differentiates Novel and Learned Event Boundaries

AI SummaryThis article discusses how neural activity differentiates between novel and learned event boundaries. The study involved exposing participants to a sequence of images and then testing their ability to segment another sequence based on learned transitions between communities and novel transitions. The results showed that participants could segment experiences into events based on both… Continue reading Neural Activity Differentiates Novel and Learned Event Boundaries

Chinese Verbal Fluency Deficiency in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with and without Hippocampal Sclerosis: A Multiscale Study

AI SummaryIn this study, a Chinese character version of the phonemic verbal fluency task was tested in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) to assess verbal fluency deficiency in TLE with and without hippocampal sclerosis. The results showed activation and deactivation deficiency in both TLE-HS and TLE-NHS, with impaired functional connectivity, degree centrality, and community… Continue reading Chinese Verbal Fluency Deficiency in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with and without Hippocampal Sclerosis: A Multiscale Study

[In Context] Learning to be an adult with a disability

21-year-old Samuel Habib has a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, which was diagnosed in 2019 as being caused by mutations in the GNAO1 gene. The disorder is progressive, and individuals can experience dysfunction in their movement, seizures, and swallowing difficulties. Because of his complex needs, Samuel is fully dependent on his family and carers. He uses… Continue reading [In Context] Learning to be an adult with a disability

Study assesses seizure risk from stimulating the thalamus

AI SummaryResearchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a study assessing seizure risk associated with electrically stimulating the central thalamus in awake mice. The study found that electrographic seizures occurred in 10 out of 12 mice in response to CT-DBS, even at low current levels. Seizure risk increased with higher current levels, independent of… Continue reading Study assesses seizure risk from stimulating the thalamus