All posts tagged 'brain activity'

Brain Is Active During Concussion Recovery, Study Documents

Posted on August 21st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers in Wisconsin have documented — for the first time — irregular brain activity within the first 24 hours following a concussion, as well as an increased level of brain activity weeks later. It all suggests that the brain may compensate for the injury during the recovery time. http://www.mcw.edu/Releases/2013-News-Releases/The-Concussed-Brain-at-Work-fMRI-Study-Documents-Brain-Activation-During-Concussion-Recovery.htm The..
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Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory

Posted on November 24th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/24/2008 By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making, compelling new research suggests. But on the flip side, taking a nap may boost a sophisticated kind of memory..
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US family opposes end to care for brain-dead boy

Posted on November 8th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/8/2008 By DAVID B. CARUSOAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ A U.S. hospital has asked a judge for permission to stop treating a brain-dead 12-year-old cancer patient, even though his ultra-religious New York parents want to keep him on life support. Motl Brody of Brooklyn was pronounced dead..
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CA surgeon to stand trial in organ donation case

Posted on November 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/2/2008 5:28 PM By GREG RISLINGAssociated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruben Navarro loved horror movies. He watched the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” series with his mother, Rosa, and liked to visit Knott’s Berry Farm when it was transformed every October to “Knott’s Scary..
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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

Posted on October 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/20/2008 5:05 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression — a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain..
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