When the senses become confused – Synesthesia
Imagine being able to feel sound – really feel it. That is exactly what happened to one young woman after having a stroke. Sandra Blakeslee reports in the New York…
ReadImagine being able to feel sound – really feel it. That is exactly what happened to one young woman after having a stroke. Sandra Blakeslee reports in the New York…
ReadHealthDay News reported on August 1, 2007 that JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute was able to partially rekindle the mind of a man who had suffered from brain damage and had…
ReadAccording to a recent study published in the Dec 19 issue of the journal of Neurology, walking and other low-level exercises decrease the risk of vascular dementia in older adults.…
ReadVeterans the Vietnam War who received penetrating brain injuries are demonstrating continuing late effects with a faster decline in cognitive function than vets who returned uninjured. Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., of…
ReadCan you imagine being trapped in your body, feeling everything, and yet able to do nothing about it? Your nose itches, you need someone to scratch your back, or your…
ReadIn the absence of Alzheimer’s, decreased networking between parts of the front of the brain and parts of the back of the brain cause lower performance on cognitive tests. According…
ReadThe U.S. Senate has reauthorized the Traumatic Brain Injury Act which will expand research as well as provide assistance to individuals living with the effects of brain injury. In 2000…
ReadThe adult children of individuals with PTSD show a reduction in cortisol production similar to that of their parents. It was also noted that many of the individuals in this…
ReadA recent study conducted by Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D. and colleagues at the University of North Carolina, implies that high-impact blows will not necessarily produce concussions, nor will keeping impacts…
ReadThe study, using lacosamide, was conducted over a 12 week period, and consisted of 405 adults with epilepsy who had an average of four seizures a month, with no seizure…
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