Scientific News Disease Directory Glossary Posted by Brigham Young University Head injuries can make children loners Study also suggests potential treatment 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 […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 · Posted by Lindsey Wiltse, Communications and Program Coordinator “The Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AusACPDM) is a multidisciplinary group committed to advancing knowledge and awareness of evidence based practice in the field of childhood physical disability.” This is accomplished through scientific meetings, educational activities, fostering research, and raising awareness
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Goodnight. Sleep Clean. Saturday, January 11, 2014 · Posted by Maria Konnikova, New York Times Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It’s clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result
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Goodnight. Sleep Clean. Saturday, January 11, 2014 · Posted by Maria Konnikova, New York Times Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It’s clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 · Posted by Kessler Foundation Results support the hypothesis of cognitive reserve in traumatic brain injury Kessler Foundation researchers have found that higher educational attainment (a proxy of intellectual enrichment) attenuates the negative impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive status. The brief report, Sumowski J, Chiaravalloti N, Krch D, Paxton J,
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Goodnight. Sleep Clean. Saturday, January 11, 2014 · Posted by Maria Konnikova, New York Times Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It’s clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result
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Goodnight. Sleep Clean. Saturday, January 11, 2014 · Posted by Maria Konnikova, New York Times Sleep, it turns out, may play a crucial role in our brain’s physiological maintenance. As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: It’s clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result
Community Spotlight: Andiamo Friday, September 12, 2014 · Posted by Alex Richmond, Executive Director “Andiamo is a social venture creating a new user-centred children’s orthotics service. Our aim is to drastically reduce wait times from 13 weeks to 48 hours, by using 3D scanning and printing technology.” U.R. Our Hope Monday, June 23, 2014 · Posted by Mary Elizabeth
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A new cell type is implicated in epilepsy caused by traumatic brain injury Tuesday, March 11, 2014 · Posted by Tufts University A new study in mice identifies increased levels of a specific neurotransmitter as a contributing factor connecting traumatic brain injury (TBI) to post-traumatic epilepsy. The findings suggest that damage to brain cells called interneurons disrupts
