Absence of the septum pellucidum (ASP) is an abnormality in the brain present at birth. The septum pellucidum is a thin membrane separating the brain’s two hemispheres, and in ASP, it’s absent. ASP is ...

Dizziness, numbness, and confusion represent some of the most concerning neurological symptoms that can signal serious underlying medical conditions. While these sensations occasionally result from ...

Spasmodic dysphonia (or laryngeal dystonia) is a rare voice disorder that is thought to happen when your brain sends abnormal signals to your vocal folds. It only affects about 1 in 100,000 people.

A brain disorder, also known as a neurological disorder, simply means a condition affecting the brain, spinal cord, or nerves that impairs a person’s ability to function in daily activities, with ...

Researchers with the National Institutes of Health published a pair of studies on Monday that found few clinical differences between patients with a mysterious ailment known as “Havana syndrome” and ...

Schizophrenia affects millions of people worldwide but the cause of its wide-ranging symptoms remains largely unknown. At Brandeis University, researchers believe they have discovered an abnormality ...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors started to notice something striking. For what was originally described as a respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2 seemed to have a strong effect on the brain, causing ...

Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the United States, progressively damaging the brain cells that ...