A 32-year-old man presents with the chief complaint of a "brain lesion." He is a fitness buff and lifts weights at a gym at least 4 days a week. Approximately 1 month ago, he developed a generalized ...

Migraines cause serious pain. If you get them, you’ve probably wondered if they have a lasting effect on your brain. Research suggests that the answer is yes. Migraines can cause lesions, which are ...

There is no good model for investigating the human brain. A lot of what we know about which parts of the brain perform which functions comes from studying people who have experienced injury or an ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as a sign that a patient’s disease ...

Lesion mapping led researchers to identify a common brain circuit related to epilepsy. A new brain circuit found by mapping lesions related to epilepsy could have clinical implications for predicting ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as a sign that a ...