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The Custom-Made Brain: Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement by Publication Date: 2014eBook
- The Fix: Dementia Program in PeelOne Peel nursing home took a gamble on fun, life and love. The most dangerous story we can tell is how simple it was to change.
- All Eyes on Neurodegenerative DiseaseThe article discusses the importance of the early diagnosis and treatment of signs of an eye's neurodegenerative disease. Topics include the prevalence of dementia which affects a person's memory and behavior, the diagnosis and challenge in studying Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease (AD), and studies on retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL).
- Business Numbers FIFA Didn't Follow its own Concussion Guidelines at 2014 World Cup: StudyHitting hard at the World Cup. Doctors say FIFA ignores concussion guidelines. Enterprising doctors take a hard look at the World Cup. They say the risk of concussion is not being addressed. The FIFA World Cup under scrutiny. Doctors say officials ignored signs of head injuries.
- Deep Brain Stimulation in Huntington's DiseaseDeep brain stimulation (DBS) of the pallidum is a promising symptomatic treatment targeting the core motor symptom: chorea. This article gives an overview of preliminary evidence on pathophysiology, safety and efficacy of DBS in HD.
- Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease using Null Longitudinal Model-Based ClassifiersAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by a slow onset of clinical symptoms, with pathological brain changes starting several years earlier. Consequently, it is necessary to first understand and differentiate age-related changes in brain regions in the absence of disease, and then to support early and accurate AD diagnosis.
- TEDTalks: Ed Boyden: A new way to Study the Brain's Invisible Secrets (Video Duration 13 minutes)
Neuroengineer Ed Boyden wants to know how the tiny biomolecules in our brains generate emotions, thoughts and feelings -- and he wants to find the molecular changes that lead to disorders like epilepsy and Alzheimer's. Rather than magnify these invisible structures with a microscope, he wondered: What if we physically enlarge them and make them easier to see? - TED Talks: Can the Damaged Brain Repair Itself? (Video Duration 15 minutes)After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn't happen quickly enough to allow recovery from degenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS). Siddharthan Chandran walks through some new techniques using special stem cells that could allow the damaged brain to rebuild faster.