Saturday, November 30, 2013 · Posted by Lindsey Wiltse, Communications and Program Coordinator In a world saturated with media of all forms, where can children with neurological conditions find themselves represented? The disability community saw Ryan Langston, a young model with Down syndrome, booked by Target for its circulars in 2011. Now, in 2013, Karrie Brown, a […]
Head injuries can make children loners Thursday, April 10, 2014 · Posted by Brigham Young University This is a preliminary study but we want to go into more of the details about why working memory and processing speed are associated with social functioning and how specific brain structures might be related to improve outcome. Research reveals white
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 · Posted by The University of Pennsylvania An interdisciplinary team of researchers is using mathematical modeling to better understand the mechanisms at play in this kind of injury, with an eye toward protecting the brain from its long-term consequences. Even the mildest form of a traumatic brain injury, better known as a concussion,
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Eavesdropping on brain cell chatter Wednesday, April 16, 2014 · Posted by NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Findings suggest that astrocytes in the mossy fiber system may act as a switch that reacts to large amounts of neuronal activity by raising their levels of calcium. These calcium increases occur over multiple seconds, a relatively long
What It Is Symptoms Treatments & Therapies What It Is Epilepsy is a spectrum of brain disorders ranging from very mild or benign to disabling and life-threatening. Epilepsy occurs when nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate of up to four times higher than normal. This causes a sort of
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Scientific News Disease Directory Glossary Posted by University of California – Davis Health System Study confirms mitochondrial deficits in children with autism Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from
Overview Workshops Advocacy CNS Foundation sponsored its first scientific workshop in 2002 with goal of developing a network of leading scientists to focus on finding treatments and cures for the more than 14 million children with brain disorders. We invited a representative group of parents and their children to share their stories and ask questions
Penn Researchers Model a Key Breaking Point Involved in Traumatic Brain Injury Wednesday, March 5, 2014 · Posted by The University of Pennsylvania Their recent findings shed new light on the mechanical properties of a critical brain protein and its role in the elasticity of axons, the long, tendril-like part of brain cells. This protein, known as
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Monday, March 10, 2014 · Posted by Lindsey Wiltse, Communications and Program Coordinator Brain Awareness Week Brain Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2014) is a worldwide initiative to increase public awareness on the benefits of and progresses in brain research. CNS Foundation is supporting Brain Awareness Week through the growth of the Pediatric Brain Mapping Project. Read more
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