NMDA receptors are concentrated in the areas that control learning and memory, higher functions like multitasking, and some of the more subtle aspects of personality. When the immune system makes antibodies that attack these receptors, people may have seizures and… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
We separate problems with the brain into neurological and psychiatric, and it's because it's stigmatised still. Mental illness is still stigmatised. Imagine if we treated people with cancer like that. Just because your personality changes and your behaviour changes, all… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor. — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first 'I love you's' - chronicled in my 2012 memoir 'Brain on… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
On April 2, the nurses started my first round of five intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusions. The clear IV bags hung on a metal pole… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness,” Aristotle said.” — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
In the world of online invitations, nothing is sacred. People will invite all 500 of their 'closest' friends to their birthday party - and… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“The mind is like a circuit of Christmas tree lights. When the brain works well, all of the lights twinkle brilliantly, and it’s adaptable… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“Stephen was alluring in that languid, stay-out-all-night kind of way: a musician with long, unkempt hair, a skinny smoker’s frame, and an encyclopedic knowledge… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“A string of multicolored Christmas lights roped around the length of the yard, and Ryan Adams played in the background.” — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
When my disease nearly destroyed me in 2009, my doctors thought I'd be lucky to regain 80 percent of my cognitive abilities. When I… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
“Someone once asked, "If you could take it all back, would you?" At the time I didn't know. Now I do. I wouldn't take… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
The most dangerous age is 14. If you know any teenagers, this might not come as a surprise, but research has confirmed that risk-taking… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
