Category: Neurology And Neurosurgery

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Anchor lead: Brain electrodes can help move a prosthetic arm, Elizabeth Tracey reports Electrodes implanted into the brain have helped Nathan Crone and colleagues at Johns Hopkins identify precise areas where movement begins, even down to the individual fingers on …

March 24, 2016 – Arm Movement Read more »

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Anchor lead:  A new innovation allows functional areas of the brain to be mapped at the bedside, Elizabeth Tracey reports When people have epilepsy they sometimes must have a part of their brain removed.  Now a new technique developed by …

March 23, 2016 – Bedside Brain Map Read more »

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Anchor lead: Repeated head injury and dementia risk appear linked, Elizabeth Tracey reports Are dementia and repeated head injury, known as TBI, related?  Researchers have identified a link between traumatic brain injury and accumulation of proteins also associated with Alzheimer’s …

February 26, 2016 – Dementia and Head Injury Read more »

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Anchor lead: Do conventional imaging studies demonstrate traumatic brain injury? Elizabeth Tracey reports TBI, the acronym for traumatic brain injury, is on the rise, with more and more studies demonstrating a role for the condition in brain inflammation, depression, and …

February 25, 2016 – TBI Assessment Read more »