The analysis of the human brain is a central goal of neuroscience. However, for methodological reasons, research has largely focused on model organisms, in particular the mouse. Now, neuroscientists ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Human GABAergic interneurons were implanted in two patients with drug-refractory focal epilepsy. Preliminary ...

The hippocampus is a crucial brain region known to support the processing and storage of higher-level information, in the form of memories. In addition to allowing humans and animals to recall events ...

Interneurons – nerve cells that function as ‘dimmers’ – play an important role in the brain. Their formation and migration to the cerebral cortex during the embryonic stage of development is crucial ...

A new study reveals how interneurons, dubbed 'the butterflies of the soul,' emerge and diversify in the brain. The findings may help inform the development of new classes of drugs for diseases such as ...

Interneurons make up 25% of human cortical neurons, but their developmental origins remain mysterious. Two recent papers provide evidence suggesting that, in humans, as in mice, most cortical ...

Interneuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised $25 million through a private placement of 3.125 million shares of common stock to institutional investors It sold the shares for about $8 per share. As of Dec.

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy that causes intellectual disability and motor deficits and can lead to premature death. A loss-of-function mutation in one copy of SCN1A, ...

PHILADELPHIA — American Home Products Corp. on Wednesday overcame the final challenge to its $3.75-billion settlement of lawsuits over the withdrawn fen-phen diet drug combination, after rival ...