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Monday, June 11, 2012
How One Brain Injury Resulted in an Extraordinary Gift
British photographer Eadweard Muybridge was obsessive and eccentric. He also may have been what psychiatrics refer to as an acquired savant — a person with extraordinary talent who wasn't born that way and didn't acquire his skills later in life. Muybridge …
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Mitchel Berger Takes Over as President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FAANS, FACS, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) has started his term as president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). Dr. Berger is a nationally …
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Friday, June 8, 2012
‘Spike Through Brain’ Simulation Yields Similarities Between Degenerative Neurological Diseases and Age-Old Accident
A UCLA neuroscientist and his team of researchers have investigated the similarities between the effects of degenerative neurological diseases — such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease — and the dramatic change in behavior that Phineas Gage …
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Sensory Experience Changes Can Rewire the Brain as it Ages
It has long been believe that much of the wiring of the brain is fixed by the time of adolescence, but a new scientific study shows that changes in sensory experience can cause massive rewiring of the brain, even as one gets older. Additionally, it was …
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Experiment Documents Real Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury — the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — leaves many of its victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors …
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Sandler Foundation Gives UCSF $20 Million Gift for Neurological Research and Care
University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has received a challenge gift of $20 million from the Sandler Foundation, which will provide major support for the university’s groundbreaking research and clinical care efforts in neurological diseases …
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Researchers Investigate New Treatments for Cancer That Killed Ted Kennedy
Senator Edward Kennedy died 15 months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in 2008 — close to the median survival time for the disease. Researchers at two California-based biotechnology companies, …
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Researcher Receives Double Honors
At Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Clifford Jack Jr., MD, is synonymous with cutting-edge imaging and Alzheimer’s research. This month, he was honored by two different groups for his accomplishments in both areas. For more information, click here …
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Johns Hopkins Scientists Discover Protein That Regulate Role of Stem Cells
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a protein that appears to play an important regulatory role in deciding whether stem cells differentiate into the cells that make up the brain, as well as countless other tissues, according to research published …
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Fifteen-year-old Athlete’s Concussion Story Puts Spotlight on Girls’ Soccer
Once a rising soccer star in her home state of Pennsylvania, 15-year-old Allison Kasacavage now is slowly recovering from the five concussions she suffered while playing the sport she loved. She is only able to attend school four hours a day. Her room …
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