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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 People sometimes use the term “brain-dead” flippantly, referring to a clueless co-worker or zoned out gamer, but to families of patients with disorders of consciousness [DoC], it’s no joke. DoC include coma, minimally conscious state, persistent vegetative state, also known as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, and brain death. The majority of DoC are due to traumatic brain injuries [TBI] which are caused by blunt trauma, or stroke or other events leading...

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Combination of deep brain stimulation and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia New research from Baylor College of Medicine scientists shows that a combination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive irreversible problems with movement. Working with a mouse model of the human condition, researchers at Baylor and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Instit...

Study indicates neural pathway that provides pain relief, reduces cravings for opioids Researchers have discovered that there may be a new pathway in the brain that provides pain relief and reduces cravings for opioids. Over a third of the U.S. population suffers from chronic pain, with little to no reported relief from medication. Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive form of brain stimulation that may offer a new treatment option for these underserved members of our c...

Henry Ford first in the U.S. to offer FDA-approved DBS system to treat Parkinsons disease The Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorder Center at Henry Ford Health System was the first in the United States to offer a new FDA-approved device to help treat the symptoms of Parkinsons disease. Neurosurgeon Jason Schwalb, M.D. surgically implanted the Vercise Genus™ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System, which stimulates a targeted region of the brain through - implanted leads that are placed in the ...

Noninvasive brain stimulation restores behavioral flexibility in cocaine-exposed rats A major impediment to treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) is a loss of behavioral flexibility, whereby ones judgment is impaired such that their actions continuously result in negative consequences. Such decisions include continuing to use drugs, but this inflexibility extends to other areas of life and can continue even well into abstinence from drug use. Previous research in animals suggests that this ...

AI-assisted video analysis can help doctors to diagnose Parkinson’s disease at an early stage Feb 12 2021 Scientists from Skoltech and A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical and Biophysical Center have designed and developed a second opinion system, based on AI-assisted video analysis, which can help medical professionals to objectively assess patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) even at an early stage. This approach can help avoid misdiagnosing this disease, distinguishing between its stages, ad...

February 8, 2021 UCLA In the News lists selected mentions of UCLA in the world’s news media. Some articles may require registration or a subscription to view. See more UCLA In the News. Bucking national trends that have closed down many European language programs, UCLA is doubling down on its commitment to European studies by redefining it with a 2021 twist. Germanic, French, Italian and Scandinavian languages are being merged into a single department with a transcultural bent. Perspective...

Research shows a promising alternative to personalized deep brain stimulation Millions of patients suffering from neurological and mental disorders such as depression, addiction, and chronic pain are treatment-resistant. In fact, about 30% of all major depression patients do not respond at all to any medication or psychotherapy. Simply put, many traditional forms of treatment for these disorders may have reached their limit. Where do we go from here? Research to be published in Nature Biomedic...

• Can psychiatric drugs reduce fear and pain while bolstering violent tendencies? With murmurs trickling through the grapevine that President Barack Obama’s newly-nominated United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will make an attempt to reduce military spending, one target should be massive expenditures on psychiatric drugs that are used to bolster violent tendencies and aggressiveness in recruits. In a January 23 article for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, Kel...