Neuroscience
In test, zaps to spine help 2 stroke survivors move arms
A stroke left Heather Rendulic with little use of her left hand and arm, putting certain everyday tasks like tying shoes or cutting foods out of reach.
Feb 25, 2023
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News tagged with spinal cord
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Usual suspect' brain lesions appear not to cause most severe disability in MS patients
Brain lesions—areas of brain tissue that show damage from injury or disease—are the biomarker most widely used to determine multiple sclerosis disease progression. But an innovative new study led by the University at ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognize cases and prevent spinal cord damage
Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
Spinal cord stimulation shown to instantly improve arm mobility after stroke
A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, report researchers from ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Surgery
Review: No proof that indwelling catheters cause more UTIs than intermittent catheterization
The evidence does not support the common belief that indwelling catheters cause more urinary tract infections (UTIs) than intermittent catheterization, according to a systematic review of bladder management and infection ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Panel develops first-ever clinical diagnosis guidelines for MOGAD, which can affect brain, spinal cord, optic nerves
An international panel led by a pediatric neuroimmune expert and co-director of the Neuroscience Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has established new criteria for properly diagnosing myelin oligodendrocyte ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not their only mission. In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Claire Wyart at the Paris Brain ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Neuroscience
Brain-wave data and hearing test may help diagnose autism earlier
Brain-wave data collected during a hearing test routinely given to newborns could help clinicians spot neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism in early infancy, according to a new Rutgers-led study.
Feb 14, 2023
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Neuroscience
Team develops 'breakthrough' ischemic spinal cord injury mouse model
A team of researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine have developed the first mouse model capable of reproducing the ischemic spinal cord injury ("ISCI") and immediate paralysis ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researcher builds kit designed to make our brain's activity easier for students to understand
"There's an enormous amount that we don't yet know about the brain and nervous system—but we also know a lot that needs to be made accessible to most people," says Pål Kvello, an associate professor at NTNU's Department ...
Feb 8, 2023
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