The human thalamus, a complex network of bilateral subcortical nuclei, plays a pivotal role in central nervous system connectivity. Despite its crucial function, the full extent of its involvement in ...

Imagine suddenly losing the ability to move a limb, walk or speak. You would probably recognise this as a medical emergency and get to hospital. Now imagine the doctors at the hospital run some tests ...

Shortly after the beginning of the COVID crisis, I met my first client with functional neurological disorder (FND). I've practiced in the mental health field for more than a decade. Yet, I'd never ...

In a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, Founding Director of the Functional Neurological Disorder Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital ...

A first-of-its-kind study by the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has demonstrated how specialist inpatient rehabilitation can result in ...

Patients with functional seizures had slightly better cognitive performance than those with epilepsy, but worse performance compared with a healthy cohort of patients, according to a systematic review ...

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) results in fluctuating control of voluntary activities. PM&R Associate Professor Victor Mark, M.D. explains why FND has only recently begun to be acknowledged as ...

The New York Times examined the complicated relationship between sleep and dementia. While a U.K. Biobank study looked at how sleep, chronotype, and other factors might affect cognition. (BMJ Public ...

For 15 years, Stephanie Russell-Farnham had seizures, weakness in her limbs and sharp stabbing pains without knowing what the cause was. It was only in the past five years that she learned she has ...

It will be a charity concert which will raise funds for cancer and Functional Neurological Disorder. Athy Choral Fusion is ...