This little-known brain disorder is currently one of the biggest challenges facing medicine where age-related diseases are concerned.
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Some children recover better after traumatic brain injury than others, despite appearing similarly to doctors. Looking at the genetic and cellular level, however, reveal key differences.
The low cost and easy availability of recreational nitrous oxide makes it an easy drug of choice, particularly for young people.
Up to 25% of infants diagnosed with abusive head trauma – otherwise known as shaken baby syndrome – die, and a substantial percentage who survive are left with long-term disabilities.
Timely stroke treatment can limit brain damage and improve outcomes for patients. But this depends on early recognition of the symptoms, which is not always easy.
Toxic leukoencephalopathy is when the brain’s white matter is damaged. It is often deadly.
A look at the physiology of the older pugilist.
Preterm babies born after 28 weeks can often survive with relatively simple medical care. Here is how.
There have only been around 200 reported cases of foreign accent syndrome since it was first reported in 1907.
Kid Cudi and Hailey Bieber are among the growing proportion of stroke victims who are under 45.
Because some seizures are relatively subtle, they can go unrecognized, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
Across Canada and the United States, more than two million people are living with aphasia and its language and communication challenges.
Many long COVID sufferers are reporting having ‘brain fog’, where they can’t concentrate as well as they used to.
President Biden has proposed spending $45 billion to replace every lead water pipe and service line in the nation. A public health expert explains why he sees this as a worthwhile investment.
Thankfully treatment has moved on from the cold sponge of the amateur era. But brain damage continues to be a serious risk in many sports.
Drinking at “safe” levels was shown to reduce the amount of a person’s total brain tissue.
By imagining a unique scenario to answer “yes” or “no” questions, this research could potentially be used to communicate with locked-in patients.
New research reveals that routine sparring can have immediate effects on the brain, putting athletes at greater risk of injury when brain-muscle communication is impaired.
People with damaged frontal lobes often need help with daily life. The problem is, they think they’re fine.
Concussions in football and other contact sports correlate with severe, long-term brain damage — but science shows it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Professor in Neuromuscular Physiology and Head of Sport Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Fellow, UNSW
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Lecturer, University of Stirling
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Honorary (Professorial Fellow) at the Centre for Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne
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Cognitive Neuroscientist and Associate Professor, University of Stirling
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor, Flinders University
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Reader in Cerebrovascular Genetics, St George's, University of London
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair, York University, Canada
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PhD student, University of Oxford
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Penn State
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Professor and Senator Wm. McMaster Chair; Director, ARiEAL Research Centre; co-director of Language, Memory & Brain Laboratories, McMaster University
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University