Neurology

Letters to the editor from the January/February 2015 issue of Scientific American MIND

A cluster of families in Colombia who carry a rare genetic mutation that causes the disease have become a focus of the search for a treatment

An overactive immune response can cause depression

Magnetic stimulation may help stave off age-related cognitive decline

Peer counselors are playing a growing role in guiding newcomers to mental health care

New insights are helping us understand and treat selective mutism

Device stimulates hand muscles to counteract writing issues experienced by some people with Parkinson’s. Larry Greenemeier reports

Feline audiogenic reflex seizures, or FARS, was discovered after a few cat owners reported the issue to an advocacy group
 

In 2011, Paul Tesar, a professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, worked with collaborators to come up with a method of producing massive numbers of mouse stem cells that are capable of turning into oligodendrocytes, the cells that produce myelin, the protective coating on nerve cells.

For every 1,000 mothers who develop gestational diabetes by 26 weeks, seven children may develop autism spectrum disorders, a study finds

A novel twist on the young field of optogenetics may provide a new way to study living human brains as well as offering innovative therapeutic uses.

How a person types can reveal the state of their brain, according to a study that tracked keystrokes when the typist was alert or groggy. Cynthia Graber reports