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Scientists have developed a new therapeutic concept for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. It represents a gene therapy capable of suppressing seizures at their site of origin on demand. Having been shown to be…
In some forms of epilepsy, the function of certain ''brake cells'' in the brain is presumed to be disrupted. This may be one of the reasons why the electrical malfunction is able to spread from the point of origin across…
In response to seizures, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a network of flattened tubes in the cell that packages and transports proteins, triggers a stress response that reduces brain activity and seizure severity. The…
Epileptic seizures can probably not be predicted by changes in brain wave patterns that were previously assumed to be characteristic precursors.
Neuropsychological tests are important instruments to determine a cognitive profile, giving insight into the etiology of dementia ...
Neuropsychology is the science linking the functioning of the brain with cognitive and emotional experience and behaviour.
Neuropsychological assessment (NPA) addresses important aspects of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and rehabilitation planning.
Paediatric neuropsychological assessment includes administration of age-standardised tests evaluating cognitive, behavioural and ...
Aim Providing an overview of the neuropsychological tests used in Italian memory clinics (defined as Centers for Cognitive ...
The Nazis murdered about 300,000 people with mental illnesses. Some of the victims' brains were handed over for research, and ...
Earlier this week the results of a study were published showing that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can strengthen ...
Virtual reality-based assessment is a new paradigm for neuropsychological evaluation, that might provide an ecological assessment ...
Sure, many of today's "exciting findings" will become tomorrow's blind alleys. But the quantity, quality, and centrality of the ...
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Introduction: The aim of neuropsychological assessment is to understand the multifaceted relationship between behavior ...
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progression of disease in memory clinic patients can be tracked efficiently with 45 minutes of neuropsychological testing, new ...
Over the last few weeks I have received a steady stream of e-mails from students asking for advice on training to become a clinical ...
IT’S FOUR in the afternoon when I meet John Ioannidis, but lines of fatigue are deepening under his eyes. He’s exhausted with ...
Most neuropsychological assessments include at least one measure that is administered, scored, or interpreted by computers or ...
6 Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's National Medical Center & Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, George ...
In the last 10 years, music's status within cognitive neuroscience has moved from being a fringe area to a topic of central ...
I had never heard of neuropsychology when I began my master's degree in psychology at the University of Auckland, NZ, back in 1979.
Neuropsychological assessment has a distinct role in the detection and monitoring of cognitive and functional changes associated ...
When Alzheimer's disease actually starts is often not clear, but it now appears that it may be preceded by rapid cognitive ...
NEUROSCIENCE could do for schools what biomedical research has done for healthcare. That’s the conclusion of the Decade of the ...
One characteristic that clearly distinguishes us from non-human primates is our ability to understand and produce language.
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Aims: To study neuropsychological functioning of newly diagnosed children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) within two ...
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