A 6-year-old boy with cerebral palsy is learning how to communicate with the help of a computer program and device that reads his brain signals.

This is a question parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) grapple with daily. It can be especially scary when the treatment you’re considering is surgery. Surgery can be an effective, ...

A collaborative study sheds light on how cannabis use affects brain development in young people, the main one being atrophy of certain regions of the cerebral cortex. Cannabis use may lead to ...

The severity of paralysis can vary depending on how many parts of the body are affected. The main types of complete paralysis are: Paralysis can result from damage or injury to the brain, spinal cord, ...

A few doses of caffeine during the perinatal period may help prevent cerebral palsy and related neurodevelopmental disorders that are rooted in lack of oxygen to the brain near the time of birth, a ...