In a new, rare study of direct brain recordings in children and adolescents, a Northwestern Medicine scientist and colleagues from Wayne State University have discovered as brains mature, the precise ways by which two key ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Children's National Hospital successfully performed the first-ever high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery on a pediatric patient with neurofibromatosis (NF). This is the youngest patient to undergo HIFU treatment ...
Feb 9, 2022
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have developed a noninvasive way to remove faulty brain circuits that could allow doctors to treat debilitating neurological diseases without the need for conventional ...
Nov 22, 2021
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In a pilot human study, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital show it is possible to improve specific human brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility ...
Nov 1, 2021
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A next-generation brain implant currently in clinical use for treating refractory epilepsy—to help prevent symptoms including seizures—does not induce changes to patients' personalities or self-perceptions, a new study ...
Sep 3, 2021
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Epilepsy surgery may be associated with improvements to overall brain health, a study led by University of Liverpool researchers has found.
Aug 10, 2021
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Three types of brain responses which help to prevent weight regain following bariatric surgery have been identified for the first time in a new study.
Jun 24, 2021
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In some cases where medication fails to provide relief, patients with severe epilepsy may choose to undergo brain surgery—a radical form of treatment, and success is by no means guaranteed. That is why researchers from ...
May 24, 2021
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Anesthestic drugs act on the brain, but most anesthesiologists rely on heart rate, respiratory rate, and movement to infer whether surgery patients remain unconscious to the desired degree. In a new study, a research team ...
May 7, 2021
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Researchers at King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, in collaboration with King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have found small clusters of cells in the brain that identify locations ...
Apr 15, 2021
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