Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Rainfall, brain infection linked in sub-Saharan Africa

(Medical Xpress)—The amount of rainfall affects the number of infant infections leading to hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to a team of researchers who are the first to demonstrate that these brain infections are linked ...

Neuroscience

Second hit leaves young football player in wheelchair

(HealthDay)—After taking a hard hit to the head during a football game, an Indiana high school student suffered severe headaches for the next three days. Following a head CT scan that was normal, his doctor told him to ...

Neuroscience

Second impact syndrome: A devastating injury to the young brain

Physicians at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Northwest Radiology Network (Indianapolis, Indiana) report the case of a 17-year-old high school football player with second impact syndrome (SIS). A rare and devastating ...

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