It’s all in her head. A New Jersey teacher claims a “frontal lobe syndrome” left her helpless against the advances of the six 14- and 15-year-old students with whom she’s accused of having sex at ...

The former high school teacher who was indicted for sexually assaulting a number of students at a Maplewood, NJ high school has refined her defense: She has a brain condition that led her to her ...

NEWARK -- As her defense to charges of sexually assaulting six male students, the attorney for Maplewood teacher Nicole Dufault on Tuesday claimed she suffers from a brain condition that left her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MAPLEWOOD – A New Jersey high school teacher ...

Frontotemporal dementia presents a thorny thicket for researchers to pick their way through. Symptoms range from sluggish apathy to obsessive compulsion, and numerous genetic mutations and ...

The “frontal lobe syndrome” as it is commonly called, is a loose collection of symptoms frequently observed in patients who suffer prefrontal lobe dysfunction—that is, these brain areas no longer work ...

As if grappling with memory loss isn’t hard enough, a subset of people with Alzheimer’s disease have behavioral problems that rival their cognitive ones. Previously dubbed “frontal variant AD,” this ...

Deep brain stimulation using surgical wire implants into the frontal lobes of the brain of Alzheimer's patients may help improve cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities of the patients. This ...

In a story that could change the whole view of the Benoit tragedy, Chris Benoit's father will be doing several media appearances offering some shocking new information. Michael Benoit claims that ...