Brain & Nervous System:
Brain Injury, Neurological Disorders, Brain Tumor
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Jan 23rd, 2009
Treating brain bleeding quickly, and at hospitals that handle many brain attack emergencies can help ensure the best outcomes for patients.
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Jan 19th, 2009
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may be enough to result in greater cognitive problems after age 55.
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Jan 19th, 2009
Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body.
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Jan 16th, 2009
Will scientists one day be able to slow the aging of the brain and prevent diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's? Absolutely – once the genetic coding associated with neuronal degeneration has been unraveled.
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Jan 13th, 2009
Cognitive rehabilitation after a serious brain injury or stroke can help the mind in much the same way that physical therapy helps the body, according to a new meta-analysis. Because the data suggest that treatment may work best when tailored to age, injury, symptoms, and time since injury, the findings may help establish evidence-based treatment guidelines.
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Jan 13th, 2009
A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain delusions and brain disorders revealing a consistent pattern of injury to the frontal lobe and right hemisphere of the human brain. The cognitive deficits caused by these injuries to the right hemisphere, leads to the over compensation by the left hemisphere of the brain for the injury, resulting in delusions.
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Jan 12th, 2009
Scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear.
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Jan 6th, 2009
Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is looking at what could possibly happen in the development of these two children that would lead to such extreme variations in their neurologic health.
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Dec 29th, 2008
New discovery of a molecule could allow for direct delivery of brain tumor treatments.
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Dec 26th, 2008
New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.
