Researchers said the woman's case shows that despite being mainly a neuromuscular disorder, SMA can present with endocrine ...

What does gut fermentation and stroke-induced brain inflammation have in common? Potentially a lot, according to new research looking into how the microbiome directly influences brain inflammation ...

The findings suggest that attending higher education may enable people to retain greater cognitive ability until a critical threshold of brain injury is reached after a stroke. When someone has a ...

The physical examination will include a measurement of the vital signs (e.g., systolic and diastolic blood pressure), a heart exam, and a complete neurological exam (e.g., checking reflexes ...

A crucial next step will be investigating how indirect thalamus damage and related abnormal brain activity develops over time, particularly in the first hours and days after the stroke." ...

Sleep-disordered breathing remains common after stroke, affecting 60% of patients and showing no decline in prevalence from 2010 to 2023, a new meta-analysis suggested.

Ménière’s disease is a condition that causes the abnormal buildup of fluid in the inner ear ... the brain called the brainstem (which regulates balance, coordination, and reflexes) and the cerebellum ...

Specifically, among people ages 18-44, 32% of those with a history of stroke had normal sleep duration vs. 54% of those without stroke history; the difference for people ages 45-64 was 47% vs. 55% ...

We aimed to investigate the association between rehabilitation therapy, including both inpatient and outpatient treatment, within the first 6 months after stroke and ... 21 During the treatment, ...

“Using experimental tools to deplete microglia, we found it’s possible to prevent abnormal nerve growth, and prevent autonomic complications after spinal cord injury,” said Popovich, who ...

We discovered that exaggerated, life-threatening autonomic reflexes after spinal cord injury are associated with abnormal growth ... including heart attack, stroke, metabolic disease and severe ...

Summary: Researchers discovered a druggable target that could prevent autonomic dysfunction after spinal cord injury.The research found that microglia cells control abnormal nerve growth and autonomic ...