Advances in brain imaging for epilepsy
... suggest that PET imaging with a marker that shows deficits in signaling for the neurotransmitter serotonin is...ted studies, the researchers have found that these deficits in serotonin correlate with the likelihood that patients with epilepsy will also suffer from depress...New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
...sual genetic disorder that produces some cognitive deficits but also makes children hyper-social. "Kids with this condition are very gregarious, and we have previously shown some dramatic differences in the shapes of their brains," Van Essen says. One example of these differences is found in the parietal lo...Early warning signs of Alzheimer's show up across cognitive areas years before official diagnosis
...at the preclinical stage showed marked preclinical deficits in global cognitive ability, episodic memory, perc...executive functioning; along with somewhat smaller deficits in verbal ability, visuospatial skill, and attention. There was no preclinical impairment in primar...Golfers with low-back pain may be helped by University of Pittsburgh research
...k proprioception and postural stability. "We found deficits in physical characteristics in the golfers with a ...he LBP group also demonstrated back proprioception deficits significantly in trunk flexion. No significant differences were found for postural stability. The LB...Three reasons not to believe in an autism epidemic
... As another example, the 1980 criterion of "gross deficits in language development" was replaced by the 1994 criterion of difficulty "sustain[ing] a conversation." One purpose of the report is to make the public aware of these less restrictive diagnostic criteria. Second, although a California study claimed ...Young athletes' post-concussion migraine may signal greater neurocognitive impairment
... demonstrated significantly greater neurocognitive deficits when compared with the headache and non-headache g.... Symptoms may resolve before their neurocognitive deficits do." Another investigator in the study was Jamie Pardini, Ph.D., neuropsychology fellow at the Unive...Northwestern Memorial neurologist is lead author of comprehensive stroke center recommendations
... stroke patients with complex stroke types, severe deficits or multiple organs affected would benefit from an even higher level of specialized care, hence our recommendations for CSCs," explains Mark J. Alberts, MD, director of the Stroke Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the lead author on the g...Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics
...chieve long-term abstinence in spite of persistent deficits in decision-making. "There is accumulating eviden...idual proteins that might play a role in cognitive deficits as well as recovery and repair of the brain. Together we can develop strategies for public educatio...Drinking for just eight weeks impairs learning and memory in mice
...shown that chronic alcohol consumption can produce deficits in learning and memory. A new rodent study is the... drinking for as little as eight weeks can produce deficits in learning and memory that last up to 12 weeks after drinking stopped. Both human and animal studi...Animal model demonstrates course of epilepsy
...lop temporal lobe epilepsy. Furthermore, they have deficits in learning and memory, problems noted in some patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The next step in this research--which Carmant's team has already begun--is to understand the mechanisms that transform a predisposed brain into an epileptic one, and...Cancer patients have increased risk of cognitive dysfunction, study finds
...umented that cancer patients can exhibit cognitive deficits that persist even at 5 years after treatment. However, how long these cognitive deficits last or whether they worsen and become more apparent in older age--when the risk for cognitive dysfu...Facial trauma may cause significant social and behavioral problems
...s significantly higher rates of legal problems and deficits in occupational functioning." He said the data de...ents who are experiencing social and psychological deficits which are not currently being addressed," Persing said. He said the rate of participation in the s...Low back pain relief, causes, measurement & prosthetic fit, production, comfort
...training may improve swallowing, breathing, speech deficits in elderly This study discusses the affect of expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) on lung and chest wall decline in the elderly. EMST, a technique of respiratory muscle strengthening, may improve breathing, coughing, swallowing, and speech. A...Nature as important as nurture in developing ability for flexible self-control
... provide insight into what causes the self-control deficits seen in individuals with damage to the frontal lobe," Noelle said. "An even more exciting prospect, which we are just beginning to explore, is the possibility that the model will help us understand the neural basis of developmental disorders involvin...PENN researchers use robotic surgery
... in half. This can result in speech and swallowing deficits for patients. "The research we've done to date suggests that TORS has great potential to improve the way we treat head and neck cancer patients," said Bert O'Malley, Jr., MD, Chair of PENN's Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. "W...Nation's leading researchers, scientists reveal findings at occupational therapy conference
...o help citizens deal with occupational performance deficits immediately following these and other disaster situations. Practitioners must now have an understanding of disasters and how they can support communities in disaster response. Guidelines for Alzheimer's Caregivers Identification of specific enable...Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
...hat exercise may help to offset learning/cognitive deficits present in AD patients. Next, the investigators examined tissues from the brains of mice that had exercised for 5 months. They compared the levels of plaques, beta-amyloid fragments, and amyloid precursor protein, a protein found throughout the body ...Data suggest bypass surgery free of long-term brain effects
...te, that studies should continue to find cognitive deficits despite the fact that CABG is a procedure in evolu...existing literature confirms the existence of mild deficits in the period up to three months after surgery, possibly due to minor disruption in blood flow that ......erly fold and maintain the mutant protein, but the deficits in the cellular machinery associated with aging might promote accumulation of the aberrant form of the prion protein resulting in disease. There are several remaining questions, according to Robert Petersen, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology an...