People at high risk of stroke due to blocked blood vessels in the brain benefit from successful stent placement, according to a study published in the February 6, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating immune-mediated disease of the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system [CNS]).
Studies in mice have indicated that the effects of prion disease – Mad cow disease – could be reversed if caught early enough.
Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium of researchers working under Douglas Levinson, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Measurements of brainwaves in kids with extreme irritability suggest that different brain mechanisms are at play, depending on the disorders the kids have. This finding brings us a step closer to the day when clinicians can use biological measurements — rather than depending only on behavioral symptoms or self-reports — to diagnose psychiatric disorders.
A genetic test may help to monitor dose of psycho-stimulant drugs like Ritalin to ADHD children, revealed by Australian health expert.
According to a review of the latest clinical trials, coronary artery bypass surgery performed on a beating heart, without the aid of a heart-lung machine, is a safe option that leads to fewer negative side effects for bypass patients.
Doctors say older people who had a stent put into the main artery of their brain to prevent strokes got a real bonus.
This disconnect between the scientific community and the popular media is starkly laid out in a study published in the February issue of Nature Reviews Neuroscience by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
A gene produces a protein that keeps nerve cells flexible. When the gene was disabled in worms, their nerve cells broke. That may provide a new explanation for a disease identified in 11 generations of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s family.