Ask any person with epilepsy, and they’ll probably tell you that accurately tracking seizures is difficult. For one, life gets busy. For another, some common types of seizures can impair memory, making it difficult to remember exactly what happened. …

Imagine a seizure. What do you see? My guess is an assortment of frightening symptoms: violent shaking of the limbs, falling to the ground, eyes blank or even blood from the person biting their lips. But ask a person who experiences seizures due to epilepsy, they might have an entirely…

Toronto, ON — To further develop its wireless electrode for reading from and writing into the brain, Novela Neurotech is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Division of Comparative Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. The move signals Novela’s return to its academic R&D roots…

科学家将经典热力学与人脑实验数据相结合，形成了一种新的跨学科原理，即人脑如何组织其神经活动。该理论可能会导致有关意识神经生物学的新见解。 Translated from original press release 意识是大脑最神秘的谜团之一。西班牙和美国科学家受热力学启发了一种新理论，从高层次揭发大脑中的神经网络如何瞬时组织以产生记忆，思想和意识。 产生意识的关键是能量的潮起潮落：当神经元功能性地结合在一起以支持信息处理时，它们的活动模式似如海浪一样同步。这个过程不仅来与神经生物学，而同样受热力学原理的指导。就像一双看不见的手，热力学促进神经元建立有助于意识的神经联系。此过程的中断破坏神经网络之间的通信从而引起神经系统疾病，例如癫痫，自闭症或精神分裂症。 研究作者Jose L Perez Velazquez 博士说，热力学原理例如能量梯度，耗散和平衡可以让我们开始理解或解释“思想和意识如何产生” 以及为何朝病理状态偏离。Perez Velazquez 隶属于新泽西州蒙特克莱尔的罗宁学院。

Montclair, NJ — Consciousness is one of the brain’s most enigmatic mysteries. A new theory, inspired by thermodynamics, takes a high-level perspective of how neural networks in the brain transiently organize to give rise to memories, thought and consciousness. The key to awareness is the ebb and flow of energy…

Toronto, ON — Directly controlling the activity of the human brain is the next frontier in medicine. This futuristic field, neuromodulation, links biological brains to computer chips, allowing software to tinker with neural activity. Elon Musk’s Neuralink may be the most famous example, but other efforts abound. …