Stroke Neurology / Neuroscience Right brain structures may hold clue to language recovery after stroke
The brain is divided into two hemispheres, the right and the left. In most people, the left side dominates in language and speech-motor functions. If the left side of the brain is damaged by stroke, [...]
Deep Brain Stimulation
Deep brain stimulation therapy is a surgical treatment which aims to reduce seizures not controlled with medication, and where surgery to treat the cause of seizures is not possible. It involves implanting electrodes into specific [...]
Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy uses a pulse generator to send mild electrical stimulations to the vagus nerve with the aim of reducing the number, length and severity of seizures. There are several ways to treat [...]
What Could Happen After A Brain Injury?
How does brain injury impact you? Trace is joined by Reina Scully from SourceFed to discuss everything you need to know about brain trauma. http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lp-k3NUUwms" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Research Reports – Stroke incidence following traumatic brain injury in older adults
J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2015 Mar-Apr;30 Albrecht JS(1), Liu X, Smith GS, Baumgarten M, Rattinger GB, Gambert SR, Langenberg P, Zuckerman IH OBJECTIVE: Following traumatic brain injury (TBI), older adults are at an increased risk [...]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of traumatic brain injury
Wang F, Wang Y, Sun T, Yu HL. Compelling evidence suggests the advantage of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in traumatic brain injury. The present meta-analysis evaluated the outcomes of HBOT in patients with traumatic brain [...]
Dopamine-making neurons can be chemically controlled in animal model of Parkinson’s
The San Diego Union-Tribune - Stem cell-derived neurons transplanted into the brains of Parkinsons' patients may be controllable by drugs after transplantation, according to research performed in a mouse model of the disease. If the [...]
Parkinson’s Disease
by Drs.Like Wu, Xiaojuan Wang, Bo Cheng, Susan Chu and Shengjie Liu Wu Medical Center, Bejing, China About PD Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, PD is more commonly [...]
New technique can provide better cell transplants against Parkinson’s disease
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used a completely new preclinical technique and analysis of tissue from patients to show exactly what happens when certain patients with Parkinson's disease are restored as a result [...]