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 enormous diversity of cortical interneuron subtypes presents a challenge for our understanding of their functional roles. A study by Fishell and colleagues examines the origins of interneuron ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 on Wednesday overcame the final challenge to its $3.75-billion settlement of lawsuits over the withdrawn fen-phen diet drug combination, after rival ...

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, ...