Covid-19: risk of brain complications for hospitalized children
Few children are hospitalized because of Covid-19. But those who are affected are more likely to suffer neurological or brain ...
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Parkinson’s: induce hallucinations to better understand them
Swiss researchers have developed a new technique for studying hallucinations using a robotic arm. THE ESSENTIAL There are about 200,0000 ...
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Covid-19: a third of patients suffer from psychological or neurological disorders
More than one in three patients infected with Covid-19 was diagnosed with neurological or psychiatric disorders within six months of ...
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Epilepsy: the fear of professional discrimination remains strong
56% of French people think that people with epilepsy can suffer discrimination at work. THE ESSENTIAL The public has a ...
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Insomnia: “Taking sleeping pills should be completely transient”
On the occasion of World Sleep Day, Dr. Marc Rey, neurologist and president of the National Institute of Sleep and ...
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Aphantasy: patients insensitive to horror stories
Aphantasia is a neurological syndrome which affects about 2% to 5% of the population and which leads to an inability ...
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How wisdom can protect against the effects of loneliness
According to researchers at the University of California, there are specific regions of the brain that react in opposite ways ...
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How to help a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease
About one out of two patients stays at home until the end of their life.Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease ...
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Podcast: “The health crisis will have consequences in all areas, including strokes”
The second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic is once again seriously disrupting the functioning of healthcare systems. Medical Frequency and ...
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Vitamin E is great for brain development
A study conducted on zebrafish highlights the essential role played by vitamin E in the proper development of the brain ...
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Against epilepsy? Listen to Mozart!
Listening to works by the great musician of the 18th century could, in patients with epilepsy, reduce the frequency of ...
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How does general anesthesia affect the brain?
After 175 years of debate, American researchers have finally solved the mystery of the mechanisms of general anesthesia on the ...
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Coronavirus: patients develop Guillain-Barré syndrome
Several cases of covid patients who have developed Guillain-Barré syndrome have been reported in China and Italy. THE ESSENTIAL A ...
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What is prosopagnosia, which Thierry Lhermitte and Brad Pitt suffer from?
Thierry Lhermitte has admitted to suffering from the same disease as American actor Brad Pitt, which prevents him from recognizing ...
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Social networks: do we tend to focus our selfies on the same eye?
According to a new study, we tend to always compose our selfies in the same way, i.e. centered on one ...
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Victim of Kleine-Levin syndrome, a teenager from Landes sleeps up to 23 hours a day
The young man suffers from this rare neurological disease characterized by hypersomnia, cognitive and behavioral disorders. A disorder that mainly ...
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Obesity may be associated with reduced brain size
Excess fat in the abdomen would be associated with a decrease in the volume of certain brain areas.Documented and supported ...
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How our preferences influence our judgment without us realizing it
According to a new study, the reward system, located in our brain, affects our judgment. In other words, we pass ...
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The unexpected is much less surprising for autistic patients
Autism spectrum disorders alter the perception of the environment. Patients overestimate the odds of the improbable happening.Imagine opening your sock ...
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Blindness: Scottish woman’s “blind vision” surprises doctors
After a stroke, Milina Cunning lost her sight, but she developed an unconscious visual perception of her surroundings."When I woke ...
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Alzheimer’s: the electrical activity of the brain as a therapeutic pathway
Brain waves are altered in Alzheimer's patients. Restoring normal electrical activity in the neurons would be beneficial.Light against Alzheimer's! It ...
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Epilepsies, a question of genes
Genetic analysis is a promising avenue for better understanding the different forms of epilepsy. More than 100 genes linked to ...
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Neurology: why does music make us want to dance?
Scientists in Australia have sought to find out what signals music sends to the brain and how it can influence ...
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Football: neurologist calls for head ban on players under 18
Dr Bennet Omalu is a renowned neurologist in England who advocates banning heads for players under the age of 18. ...
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Hallucinations: how the brain tries to thwart them
In people suffering from psychosis, this mechanism is less efficient, which can promote the appearance of auditory hallucinations.Do you think ...
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Autism: an eye test to improve diagnosis
A portion of people with autism spectrum disorders could be diagnosed by observing their eye mobility.Diagnosing autism is not easy. ...
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Researchers discover winner neurons
Any mice become alpha males, and win 90% of their confrontations with their congeners, by stimulating a few neurons.Does the ...
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A giant MRI to explore the depths of the brain
The NeuroSpin institute presented an extremely powerful magnet that would allow us to better understand neurological pathologies. Five meters in ...
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Botox: neurologists contest the decline in reimbursement
Neurologists dispute the decline in reimbursement of Botox in muscle hypertonia. About 45,000 patients would be affected.Botox isn't just for ...
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Studying elephants to understand human sleep
Findings about elephant sleep could help understand, and therefore possibly treat, insomnia in humans.Have you ever seen an elephant sleeping? ...
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