News tagged with neonatal brain

Passion for premature babies leads to groundbreaking research

Terrie E. Inder, MD, PhD, learned the meaning of hard work at a young age. She and her siblings often helped out on their grandfather’s New Zealand farm, tossing freshly dug potatoes into sacks they carried ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cooling treatments can reduce brain damage caused by birth asphyxia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth could be avoided for over 100 babies a year in the UK if infants are given cooling treatment within the first six hours of life, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study explains some mysteries of neonatal seizures

A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) investigators is providing new insight into the mechanism of neonatal seizures, which have features very different from seizures in older children and adults. In their ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0