Neuroscience
First Nations women are 69 times more likely to have a head injury after being assaulted
(First Nations people, please be advised that the following article mentions family violence and assault.)
Nov 10, 2022
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Brain Injury
Neuroscience
Reflecting on neurotechnology as the next frontier of medical treatment
Neurotechnology—the combination of neuroscience and technology—has the potential to both "decode" and shape brain activity, with important implications for future interventions in humans. The findings were presented at ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Neuroscience
Early head-neck cooling leads to shorter recovery time in sports-related concussion
Early head-and-neck cooling in concussed ice hockey players resulted in shorter time to return-to-play. This expanded study of Swedish ice hockey teams, in which the median time to initiate head-neck cooling following a concussion ...
Nov 7, 2022
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Addiction
Recognizing signs of overdose earlier leads to better health and social outcomes, study finds
Knowing the clients who inject drugs in Sydney's only injecting center gives staff a better chance to deliver more suitable overdose treatment.
Nov 1, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
No link between prenatal exposure to anesthesia and impaired neurodevelopmental outcomes
A new study published in Anaesthesia has found no link between antenatal exposure to anesthesia and subsequent impaired neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. The project was led by Professor Steffen Rex and a team from ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is, and what isn't, 'brain fog?'
The COVID pandemic has introduced many scientific and medical terms into our everyday language. Many of us are now fluent in conversations about viral strains, PCR tests and mortality rates. "Brain fog" has joined these ranks ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study finds distinct brain networks associated with risk and resilience in depression
A new study that links the location of brain injury to levels of depression in patients following the injury has identified two distinct brain networks; one associated with increased depression symptoms and one associated ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Medical research
Small-molecule drug reverses neural effects of concussion
A small molecule called ISRIB that was identified at UC San Francisco can reverse the neuronal and cognitive effects of concussion in mice weeks after an injury occurred, new research has found.
Oct 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative disease risk is found to be more than double among former Scottish international rugby union players
The risk of neurodegenerative disease among former Scottish international rugby union players is more than double that of the general population, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia. One more reason to consider vaccination
With more of us living into old age than at any other time, dementia is increasing steadily worldwide, with major individual, family, societal and economic consequences.
Sep 30, 2022
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