News articles tagged with 'neurological'
The real avatar
— 18 Feb 2011 17:59 | TechnologyThat feeling of being in, and owning, your own body is a fundamental human experience. But where does it originate and how does it come to be? Now, Professor Olaf Blanke, a neurologist…
Genetic clues to compulsive, self-injurious behaviour in rare childhood disorder
— 29 Jan 2011 18:22 | HealthResearch from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behaviour and cognitive defects associated with a rare childhood neurological…
NFL linemen recover from back surgery, and so can you
— 22 Jan 2011 10:11 | HealthIf NFL linemen can recover from back surgery and return to their spine-bruising careers, so can you get back into your 'game' of horsing around with your kids or working out at the…
Study provides treatment hope for long term effects of brain trauma
— 2 Nov 2010 16:12 | HealthBrain damage continues to develop and evolve for months after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), revealing a potential target for treatments to improve brain trauma, new research led by…
What happens after traumatic brain injury occurs?
— 2 Nov 2010 14:55 | HealthResults from a study published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) show that powerful imaging techniques - positron emission tomography (PET) fused with magnetic…
Neurogenetics research sheds light on the causes of neurological disease
— 21 Oct 2010 19:52 | HealthThe last two decades have seen tremendous progress in understanding the genetic basis of human brain disorders. Research developments in this area have revealed fundamental insights…
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce the risk of brain damage
— 13 Oct 2010 16:36 | HealthPrenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis with antibiotics might substantially reduce the proportion of infected foetuses that develop serious neurological sequelae (brain damage,…
Terlipressin treatment for gastrointestinal bleeding reduces serum sodium
— 22 Sep 2010 17:42 | HealthA new study published in the October issue of the journal Hepatology found that patients with severe portal-hypertensive bleeding who are treated with terlipressin may experience an…
Higher incidence of seizures seen in children with H1N1 virus compared to seasonal flu
— 20 Sep 2010 12:06 | HealthA recent study by researchers at the University of Utah determined that the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) caused a higher rate of neurological complications in children than the…
NYU researchers identify new neurological deficit behind lazy eye
— 11 Sep 2010 11:25 | HealthResearchers at New York University's Centre for Neural Science have identified a new neurological deficit behind amblyopia, or 'lazy eye.' Their findings, which appear in the most recent…