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Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound

The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated by means ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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International panel revises 'McDonald Criteria' for diagnosing multiple sclerosis

International Panel Revises "McDonald Criteria" for Diagnosing MS -- Use of new data should speed diagnosis -- Publication coincides with MS Awareness Week

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find drug that stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice

In a major breakthrough in the battle against Parkinson's disease, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the progression of the degenerative illness in mice and is ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EECoG may finally allow enduring control of a prosthetic or a paralyzed arm by thought alone

Daniel Moran has dedicated his career to developing the best brain-computer interface, or BCI, he possibly can. His motivation is simple but compelling. "My sophomore year in high school," Moran says, "a good friend and I ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering treatment could help people with severe depression

Pioneering neurosurgical treatment, a world first in Bristol, which very accurately targets brain networks involved in depression, could help people who suffer with severe and intractable depression.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study finds aggressive surgery is best for children with brain tumors

A new Mayo Clinic study found that children with low-grade brain tumors (gliomas) who undergo aggressive surgery to completely remove the tumor have an increased chance of overall survival. If complete removal is not possible, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New drug shrinks brain tumors, reduces seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis

A drug used to treat advanced kidney cancer has now been shown to reduce a particular kind of brain tumor by at least 30 percent in patients with tuberous sclerosis—a genetic disease that causes tumors ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New 'nano-drug' hits brain-tumor target found in 2001

Nine years ago, scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute detected a subtle shift occurring in the molecular makeup of the most aggressive type of brain tumors, glioblastoma multiforme. With further ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital conducts second phase of landmark Batten study

Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital will lead the next phase of a landmark clinical trial to further assess the safety and preliminary effectiveness of purified human neural stem cells (HuCNS-SC) ...

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created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain changes found in football players thought to be concussion-free

A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effective methods for detecting early signs of tremor

Sensitive new quantitive methods could be used to detect small signs of increased tremor and impaired motor skills caused by exposure to certain metals, and to follow up the treatment of neurological disorders, reveals a ...

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created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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