A bioceramic implant has proved to stimulate regeneration of natural skull bone, so that even large cranial defects can be repaired in a way that has not been possible before. The research, led from the University of Gothenburg, ...
Oct 13, 2020
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Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), scientists have captured 3-D images that show how infants' brains and skulls change shape as they move through the birth canal just before delivery. Olivier Ami of Auvergne University ...
May 15, 2019
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Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes ...
Apr 4, 2017
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It has the makings of a science fiction movie: Zap someone's brain with mild jolts of electricity to try to stave off the creeping memory loss of Alzheimer's disease.
Jan 20, 2013
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Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that's considered one of the body's most powerful painkillers.
Jan 2, 2013
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Tumors arising in the base of the skull are among the most difficult to remove in neurosurgery. The current treatment method is to perform surgical removal by what is known as the microscopic anterior transpetrosal approach ...
Jul 2, 2024
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A new study from Imperial College London has revealed that the style and thickness of turbans affect the risk of serious head injury in Sikh cyclists
Feb 2, 2024
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On average, about 450 infants are fit with a cranial remolding orthosis, also known as a helmet, each year at University of Michian Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
Oct 19, 2023
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Evan Nix, MD, and colleagues in the division of Otology/Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery and the division of Auditory Research in the UNC Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery have been studying the functional ...
Oct 3, 2023
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and University College London have shed light on the genetics behind changes in the structure and shape of the face and head in a mouse model of Down syndrome.
Apr 26, 2023
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