Blocking a nerve-cell receptor in part of the brain that coordinates movement could improve the treatment of Parkinson's disease, dyskinesia and other movement disorders, researchers at Vanderbilt ...

Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep arousal disorders involve repeated episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, most commonly sleepwalking or night terrors (also known as sleep terrors), but ...

Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a binocular vision disorder in which the eyes are unable to work together properly when focusing on near objects. This condition can lead to symptoms such as eye ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, who specialize in studying the genetics of rare eye-movement disorders, have found a rare genetic syndrome whose implications go far beyond the eye, raising ...

The Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center offers clinical fellowship training in movement disorders. The fellowship can be either 12 months ...

Zebrafish research is a promising way to understand the neural and genetic causes of eye movement problems in people, according to multi-university research. Researchers studying zebrafish have found ...

A study of the effects of repetitive impacts to the head during one season of football found that the smooth pursuit velocity ...

Deviations of eye movement control are established neurophysiological intermediate phenotypes for psychotic disorders that may be useful for advancing gene discovery in psychiatry. 1 Impairments are ...

Treating mental illness can be a long process. Obtaining a correct diagnosis, finding a solid support system, and committing to a viable treatment method are all stops on the road to recovery.

Visual acuity--the ability to discern letters, numbers, and objects from a distance--is essential for many tasks, from recognizing a friend across a room to driving a car. Researchers previously ...

People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder react physically to what they are dreaming. During episodes, a person vocalizes or screams, and/or engages in complex and sometimes violent ...