News articles tagged with 'cerebral'
Osteopathy 'of no benefit' to children with cerebral palsy
— 15 Mar 2011 21:17 | HealthResearch commissioned by Cerebra, the charity that helps to improve the lives of children with brain conditions, and carried out by the Cerebra Research Unit (CRU) at the Peninsula…
Hopkins Children's study finds some patients with cerebral palsy have asymmetric pelvic bones
— 10 Mar 2011 18:53 | HealthJohns Hopkins Children's Centre researchers have discovered that most children with severe cerebral palsy have starkly asymmetric pelvic bones. The newly identified misalignment can…
Decline in CP diagnoses in premature infants suggests improvements in perinatal care
— 3 Mar 2011 12:38 | HealthCerebral palsy is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects motor function, more often in children born prematurely. Because cerebral palsy is a result of brain injury received shortly…
Out of mind in a matter of seconds
— 25 Jan 2011 19:44 | PhysicsThe dynamics behind signal transmission in the brain are extremely chaotic. This conclusion has been reached by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation…
New imaging method developed at Stanford reveals stunning details of brain connections
— 18 Nov 2010 11:45 | HealthResearchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, applying a state-of-the-art imaging system to brain-tissue samples from mice, have been able to quickly and accurately locate…
Researchers link cerebral malaria to epilepsy, behaviour disorders
— 17 Nov 2010 10:18 | HealthAlmost a third of cerebral malaria survivors developed epilepsy or other behavioural disorders in the most comprehensive study to date of the disease in African children, solidifying…
Parental infertility and cerebral palsy in children born spontaneously or after IVF/ICSI
— 3 Nov 2010 12:31 | HealthDoctors have known for some time that children born after fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are at increased risk…
The more someone smokes, the smaller the number of grey cells
— 29 Oct 2010 11:48 | HealthIs there a relation between the structure of specific regions of the brain and nicotine dependence? This is the question researchers of the Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin and…
Low Apgar score at birth linked to cerebral palsy
— 8 Oct 2010 12:54 | HealthA low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a study from researchers in Norway published on bmj.com today…
Complex brain landscape controls speech
— 22 Sep 2010 11:16 | HealthBroca's region is classically regarded as the motor centre for speech. Our ability to form phonemes and words is controlled here. According to the maps of the cerebral cortex developed…