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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Pairing a Mechanical Device with Stroke Patients
The repetitive facilitation exercise (RFE) is one of the most common rehabilitation tactics for stroke patients attempting to regain wrist movement. To aid rehabilitating stroke patients, a team of Georgia Tech researchers has created a functional MRI …
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Slight Decrease in Brain Volume
A study published in the journal PLOS ONE has confirmed a link between antipsychotic medication and a slight, but measureable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia. A team of researchers has identified the rate of decrease in both …
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
High School Lacrosse Players at Risk for Concussions, Other Injuries
According to a new study recently published online by The American Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers found that high school players experienced 1,406 injuries over the 2008-2012 academic years, with an overall injury rate of 20 per 10,000 lacrosse …
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Study: Potential Genetic Link Between Epilepsy, Neurodegenerative Disorders
A recent scientific discovery showed that mutations in prickle genes cause epilepsy; however, the mechanism responsible for generating prickle-associated seizures was unknown. A new University of Iowa study, recently published online in the Proceedings …
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Stress Hormones Promote Brain’s Building of Negative Memories
When a person experiences a devastating loss or tragic event, why does every detail seem burned into memory; whereas, a host of positive experiences simply fade away? According to a study recently published in Neuroscience, it’s a bit more complicated …
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Many of Ontario’s Female Prisoners Enter Correctional System with TBI
A study recently published the Journal of Correctional Health Care found that almost 40 percent of Ontario female prisoners have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Unlike the men participating in the study, half of these women sustained a TBI …
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Monday, July 28, 2014
Monitoring Pulse After Stroke May Prevent a Second Stroke
New research suggests that regularly monitoring your pulse after a stroke may be a simple, effective first step in detecting irregular heartbeat. For the study, recently published online in Neurology, 256 people who had experienced acute ischemic stroke …
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Monday, July 28, 2014
Novel Technologies Advance Brain Surgery
Neurosurgeons at University of California (UC) San Diego Health System have integrated advanced 3D imaging, computer simulation and next-generation surgical tools to perform a highly complex brain surgery through a small incision to remove deep-seated …
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Genetic Dysfunction Connected to Hydrocephalus Discovered
A study, recently published online in the journal Neuron, demonstrated how the domino effect of one genetic error can contribute to hydrocephalus. “Most of the time, hydrocephalus is caused by some sort of physical blockage of the flow of cerebrospinal …
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Hidden Variations in Neural Circuits May Explain Differences in TBI Outcomes
A team of researchers at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University has discovered that hidden differences in the properties of neural circuits can account for whether animals are behaviorally susceptible to brain injury. The researchers …
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