New York:Researchers have found that an elusive brain receptor may play an important role in the death of neurons from neurological diseases. Strokes, seizures, traumatic brain injury and schizophrenia leads to persistent, widespread acidity around neurons in the brain. Analysing NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) - a family of brain receptors that are critical to learning and memory [...]
The most common type of stroke is ischemic, accounting for 85% of all strokes. Ischemic strokes occur when the artery that supplies oxygen-carrying blood to the brain becomes blocked, often by a blood clot. Although a number of risk factors for stroke are known, including alcohol, smoking, obesity and lack of exercise, the current study [...]
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, aphasia can result. Aphasia can cause problems with speaking, naming, repeating and understanding language. Many people recover some of these [...]
