Topic: National Institutes Of Health

Silk brain implant could aid spinal injuries, epilepsy

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 658 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brain implant made partly of silk can melt onto the surface of the brain, providing an "intimate" connection for recording signals, researchers reported on Sunday.Tests of their device showed the thin, flexible electrodes recorded signals from a cat's ...
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Perilesional Brain Edema Associated with Seizures

Modern Medicine - 1186 days ago
Perilesional edema is a common occurrence associated with episodic seizures in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis, an infection with the larval form of Taenia solium, according to a report published online Nov. 4 in The Lancet Neurology.. This prospective cohort study, led by ...

Myoclonus

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - 1192 days ago
What is Myoclonus?Myoclonus refers to a sudden, involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles. Myoclonic jerking may develop in people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts ...
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Hospitals to study child seizures

AP News - 1719 days ago
11 Hospitals Around the Country to Begin Special Study on Life-Threatening Child SeizuresWhen children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them _ with no good research on which works better.Eleven ...
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Government to study best treatment of life-threatening child seizures

AP Features - 1719 days ago
When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them _ with no good research on which works better.Eleven hospitals around the country are beginning a special study to finally answer ...
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