Departments: Neurology
01/27/2010
New concepts in stroke therapy
Like a bolt from the blue ischemic stroke strikes a patient unpredictably. The consequences are devastating: stroke is the number one cause of serious disabilities in adulthood - …
01/07/2010
Neuroimaging Technique Identifies Patients at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease in Healthy Brains
How the brain changes with age is not well-characterized and even less is known about the factors influencing the rate of brain aging. Brain imaging can offer a window into risk …
11/21/2009
Quick accurate cervical cancer test
The United Kingdom has a strong medical devices industry; more than 2,000 companies employ over 50,000 people and support the employment of many more in this field. About 200 of …
11/21/2009
Aneurysm - Coil, surgery or clip?
A young singer leans against the mixing desk in a recording studio in a laid-back manner. She listens to songs just recorded for her new album, moving her lips to the sound. …
11/17/2009
Parkinson's Disease: genetic risk factors identified
Two genes containing mutations known to cause rare familial forms of parkinsonism are also associated with the more common, sporadic form of the disease where there is no family …
07/13/2009
Multiple Sclerosis: Benefactors in the Brain
The inflammatory process in the brain of multiple sclerosis patients is triggered by their own immune system. However, there is one type of immune cells that seems to fight …
07/01/2009
Research project @neurIST tackles cerebral aneurysms
When a cerebral aneurysm ruptures, mortality is high and survivors often suffer stroke-like long-term disabilities. However, some aneurysms remain stable and never rupture. …
07/01/2009
Robotics and upper limb rehabilitation after strokes
In many ways the brain works like a hard disk. If the plug is pulled, important data is damaged and the system has to be rebooted. …
05/01/2009
2009 International Neuro-rehabilitation Symposium (INRS)
My dream is that children with neurological motion disorders will travel through virtual worlds with the help of a robotic gait orthosis. For example, they might explore a farm, …
09/12/2008
Fear of relationships - it's in the genes
There can be many reasons why a person might have relationship problems, but now Swedish scientists at Medical University Karolinska Institutet found a specific gene variant that …
09/10/2008
Neurologists an endangered species?
Irish and German neurology associations warn of an imminent shortage of neurologists. In Ireland, according to experts the situation is lacking at best and catastrophic at …
09/08/2008
Recall, replay, recollect
A unique experiment that compares single neuron firing during an activity and again as the activity is freely recalled as a memory shows what the brain looks like during …
06/25/2008
The brain in three dimensions
Stroke treatment is a question of time. The faster the cerebral infarct can be diagnosed, the less the brain will be damaged. But unfortunately it is not always easy to get the …
04/30/2008
Research on small RNA molecules could bring new therapies
The discovery of small RNA molecules and their relevance for gene regulation has dramatically changed our understanding of many essential cellular processes and provides the …
04/30/2008
On the near horizon
The first FDA-approved prescription medication that reduces blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels in patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU) a genetic disorder that prevents the normal …
11/16/2007
The optical biopsy: Coming into view?
A British collaboration has secured £325,000 (?460,000) of government backing to develop an in vivo optical imaging probe for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in oncology. …
11/14/2007
Microbubbles and ultrasound to treat ischemic stroke
A new research collaboration to study the potential of microbubbles and ultrasound to treat ischemic strokes has been established between ImaRx Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutal …
02/20/2007
Is there a link between stroke and Fabry disease?
A joint project of more than 30 European stroke units just started to examine a potential connection between Fabry disease and stroke in young patients. The results of the …
11/14/2006
Closing in on the brain
The new Nextim system, eXimia NBS is a novel brain stimulation technology which provides individual measures of the health and functional capacity of the central nervous system, …
05/01/2006
Intra-operative imaging in modern neurosurgery
The brain has few anatomical landmarks. During surgery it is critical that the neurosurgeon knows the exact locality of surgical instruments in relation to important brain …
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