The Strange Untold Story of How Science Solved Narcolepsy
After more than a century, the cause of narcolepsy was starting to come into focus. “This was blockbuster,” said Dr. Jon T. Willie.
ANA Investigates Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatments in Epilepsy
Dr. Jon T. Willie discusses the new landscape of epilepsy surgery on the ANA podcast.
Graded decisions in the human brain
A new paper from Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD, Peter Brunner, PhD and colleagues from the University of Utah and Albany Medical College finds that the human brain makes decisions not in a binary black and white approach, but in shades of gray.
Making waves: High-intensity focused ultrasound for essential tremor
Dr. Willie and his WashU Neurology colleagues are the first in Missouri to use high-intensity focused ultrasound to treat some people with essential tremor.
Hope and healing for epilepsy
Dr. Jon T. Willie and colleagues discuss how surgery has the potential of being a curative option for people with epilepsy.
Your Fantastic Mind: Episode 12, Season 1
There is no cure for epilepsy. The best hope is controlling the seizures. But researchers have proven that if you can destroy areas of the brain where the seizures happen, you can essentially cure the person.
Have Neuroscientists Found a “Happy Place” in the Brain?
Electrical stimulation of the cingulum bundle can trigger immediate laughter.
Discovering a Source of Laughter in the Brain
Neuroscientists recently made some major progress on this front by pinpointing a part of the brain that, when stimulated, never fails to induce smiles and laughter.
Doctors Zapped a Woman’s Brain So She Could Laugh Through ‘Awake’ Brain Surgery
Stimulating this area of the brain caused a sense of well-being and relieved anxiety.
Laughter may be best medicine – for brain surgery
Neuroscientists have discovered a focal pathway in the brain that when electrically stimulated causes immediate laughter, followed by a sense of calm and happiness, even during awake brain surgery.