Working with neurons in a mouse model, Doron Merkler and colleagues have found a way to block the defense mechanism neurons themselves trigger that eventually causes their damage. The previous ...

A 6-year-old girl with a rare neurological disease recently underwent a 10-hour surgery in California where half of her brain was disconnected in an effort to help cure her. Brianna Bodley underwent a ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A six-year-old girl had a surgery to disconnect half her brain. According to KABC, the pediatric neurosurgeon Doctor Aaron Robison at Loma Linda University ...

Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to seizures. As the disease is resistant to drug treatments, it frequently requires surgical ...

A 6-year-old Southern California girl battling a rare brain disease had one side of her brain shut down by surgeons as a potential cure that will still allow her to be the “same person” and lead a ...

Researchers are banding together to conquer a rare orphan pediatric disease. They have recently proven what scientists had already suspected: the disease is autoimmune, which means that it attacks ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...

PUTNAM, Conn. (WTNH) – A few months ago, little June was singing, performing with a big smile. “She loved to play, loved school,” said her dad, Dan Pelletier Since then, life has changed. She’s now ...

Disconnecting half the brain to stop seizures sounds unthinkable but it’s an actual procedure to help children with a rare form of epilepsy. R.J. Walters loves to play basketball, like many ...

In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens -like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...