Category: Brain

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “Good morning.” “I love you.” With every act of communication — no matter how mundane or meaningful — neurons are at work.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In studies with monkeys, Johns Hopkins researchers report that they have uncovered significant new details about how the cerebellum — the “learning machine” of the mammalian brain….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SALT LAKE CITY – It’s a discovery more than seven years in the making that researchers believe will vastly illuminate our understanding of deadly brain tumors.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES— Patients who’ve suffered from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have changes in tiny blood vessels in their brains that researchers believe are linked to a range of cognitive symptoms

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Charlottesville, VA (May 1, 2018). Preliminary research using mcDESPOTmagnetic resonance imaging shows changes in the myelin content of white matter in the brain following mild traumatic brain injury.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Charlottesville, VA (May 1, 2018). Patients receiving deep brain stimulation are warned that their neurostimulators (also known as implantable pulse generators, or IPGs) may dysfunction….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MINNEAPOLIS – People with restless legs syndrome may have changes in a portion of the brain that processes sensory information

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Taking a biopsy of a brain tumor is a complicated and invasive surgical process, but a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a way that allows them to detect tumor biomarkers through a simple blood test.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA) – When we learn the connections between neurons strengthen. Addiction or other neurological diseases are linked to abnormally strong connections.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – “Mental training is very beneficial if you want to improve your motor performance – this is something elite athletes and professional musicians know very well.

(HealthNewsDigestcom) – There are no laboratory tests to diagnose migraines, depression, bipolar disorder and many other ailments of the brain. Doctors typically gauge such illnesses based on self-reported symptoms and behavior.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For Shannon Paige McCann, the thought of having brain surgery – which would frighten most – paled in significance to the depression that had dragged her down most of her life.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Battling a brain tumor was made a little easier for Airick Amaya and his family when they found out he could receive proton beam therapy close to home, surrounded by his loved ones each day.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – If you keep a close eye on an MRI scan of the brain, you’ll see a wave pass through the entire brain like a heartbeat once every few seconds.