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Monday, July 22, 2013
European Studies Find Steep Declines in Dementia Rates
A recent study has found a 25 percent drop in dementia rates for those over age 65 in England and Wales. These incidences have plummeted over the last 20 years. Another study in Denmark found that nonagenarians given a test of cognitive ability in …
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Athletes Can Return to Play After Cervical Spine Fusion Surgery, Study Says
According to a study published in Neurosurgery, most professional athletes are able to return to play within a year after undergoing vertebral fusion surgery on the upper (cervical) spine. The study, which included eight football players and 7 wrestlers …
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Study Unearths Brain Structure Differences for Children with Sensory Processing Disorders
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have found that children who have sensory processing disorders (conditions that cause its sufferers to be hypersensitive to sound, sight and touch or to struggle with interacting socially …
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Friday, July 19, 2013
New Stroke Treatment Theories Assess Brain Lesions, Use of Bionic Arms
Two studies conducted by the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have revealed that stroke survivors with partial paralysis or weak msucles may be able to regain more arm and hand movement than thought previously. One study assessed the relationship …
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Global Transient Amnesia: Florida-born Man Wakes from Unconciousness Fluent in Only Swedish
Michael Boatwright, a Florida-born military veteran, woke up in a hotel room with the ability to speak only Swedish with no recollection of details from his life. Said to suffer from global transient amnesia, a sudden occurence of memory loss that cannot …
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Women Suffer Increased Rates of Aging- and Alzheimer’s-related Cognitive Decline
For women, rates of regional brain loss and cognitive decline caused by aging and the early stages of Alzheimer's disease are higher than those rates for men. This finding is published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and is based on a study …
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Study Links Vascular Disease, Neurodegenerative Conditions
There appears to be a significant link between dementia and cerebrovascular diseases affecting the brain's blood circulation, according to a stuudy conductes at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Findings suggest that …
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
What Does the Brain Look Like During a Daydream? Researchers Assess ‘Resting’ Brain in Virtual Model
What does the brain look like during a daydream? Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have created a computer model to learn how the brain anatomical structure contrbutes to "resting state" brain networks, groups of brain regions with activities …
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Study Finds Fluctuations in Deep Brain Stimulation Currents
A study conducted at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Movement Disorders Program suggests that electrical currents in deep brain stimulation (DBS) may vary over time. These findings are important for doctors who specialize in programming DBS devices …
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Neuroscience Team Testing Novel Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
At the University of Nebraska, the Nerbraska Neuroscience Alliance is testing the use of Leukine, an immune system booster in cancer patients, as an immune therapy in those with Parkinson's Disease. The project, a joint collaboration between neurologists …
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