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'Breakthrough in communication for patients with severe MND', study claims
Conclusion It's hard to imagine the situation of being alert, aware of what's happening around you, but unable to move, respond or communicate with the outside world. So it is comforting, then, to hear that people with complete locked-in syndrome may be able to communicate – and may be relatively content with their situation. However, it's important to remember the limitations of this study. It's very small. Only four people took part, and full results are available for only three of them. The results may only apply to people with this very specific type of neurodegenerative disease, not to people with other types of pa...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news

Mapping Traumatic Brain Injuries
There's been an increasing amount of media attention to the topic of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) -bolstered in part by conversations surrounding the 2015 Hollywood blockbuster Concussion. The movie Concussion describes a particular phenomenon, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE, which occurs in the brain after repeated high impact blows to the head. The diagnosis of CTE requires examining brain tissue under a microscope after death, so it can't be diagnosed in living individuals. But in fact, there are many types of TBI, with concussion being the mildest (but most common) form. Today, brain mapping techniques are mak...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 17, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

Intracranial Stray Bullet: Undiagnosed for 4 Decades
A 45-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of occipital headache, occasional blurring of vision, and imbalance for 5 years. The patient had no medical history of note. The patient recalls sustaining a head injury as a child (5 years old) when he had what was thought to be a laceration in the scalp secondary to being hit by a stone. Clinical examination yielded nothing but left inferior quadrantanopia and no cerebellar signs. Suspecting a space occupying lesion or a stroke, a magnetic resonance imaging was ordered.
Source: World Neurosurgery - January 15, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Fadi Alkufri, Bassam Dabbous, Anan Shtaya Tags: Clinical Images Source Type: research

Interaction of obstructive sleep apnoea and cognitive impairment with slow gait speed in middle-aged and older adults
Conclusionwe found that the inverse association between the time taken to walk 4 m and a cognitive score became significantly stronger, if an individual had OSA.
Source: Age and Ageing - January 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Prevalence of people who could benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in the UK: determining the need.
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: To provide accurate figures on the potential need for and use of AAC, data need to be consistently and accurately recorded and regularly reviewed at a community level. The existing data suggest an urgent need for more accurate and up to date information to be captured about the need for AAC in the UK to provide better services and ensure access to AAC strategies, equipment and support. PMID: 27113569 [PubMed - in process]
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - October 31, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Creer S, Enderby P, Judge S, John A Tags: Int J Lang Commun Disord Source Type: research

Internal carotid artery dissection and delayed stroke following rugby tackle - a case report
This report will offer a unique and interesting insight into the patient's perspective of this injury – both at the time the actual stroke occurred and his subsequent rehabilitation journey. It will also discuss that whilst much publicity and training is offered around the assessment and management of head injuries and/or concussion, the possible intracerebral consequence of neck trauma sustained in contact sports seems to be less well publicised. This mechanism of injury should be considered in the emergency department as in this case the ‘typical clinical presentation’ of an extradural haematoma turned ...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - October 31, 2016 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Cowlin, D., Dickinson, M., Sultan, S. Tags: Poster presentations Source Type: research

Hydrocephalus associated with childhood nonaccidental head trauma.
CONCLUSIONS PTV presents early after NAHT, particularly after a DC has been performed. However, the authors found that only a few PTV/NAHT patients developed shunt-dependent hydrocephalus. PMID: 27798981 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Neurosurgical Focus - October 31, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Vadivelu S, Rekate HL, Esernio-Jenssen D, Mittler MA, Schneider SJ Tags: Neurosurg Focus Source Type: research

Prevalence of people who could benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in the UK: determining the need.
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: To provide accurate figures on the potential need for and use of AAC, data need to be consistently and accurately recorded and regularly reviewed at a community level. The existing data suggest an urgent need for more accurate and up to date information to be captured about the need for AAC in the UK to provide better services and ensure access to AAC strategies, equipment and support. PMID: 27113569 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - April 25, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Creer S, Enderby P, Judge S, John A Tags: Int J Lang Commun Disord Source Type: research

Quantification of neuropathological findings by image data for the diagnosis of dementia in forensic autopsy cases.
Authors: Takayama M, Kashiwagi M, Matsusue A, Waters B, Hara K, Ikematsu N, Kubo S Abstract The aim of the present study was to quantify neuropathological findings using image analysis software for the diagnosis of dementia in deceased who underwent forensic autopsy. Of the autopsies performed within 48 hours of death and excluding those of patients with head injury, thermal injury, heat stroke, or intracranial lesions, 8 were of autopsy cases clinically diagnosed with dementia and thus included in the dementia group (D). The non-dementia group (non-D) consisted of 6 deceased without dementia. To compare the D and ...
Source: Journal of Medical Investigation - April 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: J Med Invest Source Type: research

Neurocognitive Deficits and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation in Adult Brain Tumors
Opinion statement Neurocognitive deficits are common with brain tumors. If assessed at presentation using detailed neurocognitive tests, problems are detected in 80 % of cases. Neurocognition may be affected by the tumor, its treatment, associated medication, mood, fatigue, and insomnia. Interpretation of neurocognitive problems should be considered in the context of these factors. Early post-operative neurocognitive rehabilitation for brain tumor patients will produce rehabilitation outcomes (e.g., quality of life, improved physical function, subjective neurocognition) equivalent to stroke, multiple sclerosis, ...
Source: Current Treatment Options in Neurology - April 4, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

A case of non-febrile seizures due to chronic salicylate intoxication following prolonged household exposure to incense stick fumes (p3.250)
Conclusion: All salicylate-containing products should have an appropriate warning label. It is important that health care providers are aware of the potential risk.Disclosure: Dr. Shekhawat has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rajagopalan has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Shekhawat, P., Rajagopalan, L. Tags: Child Neurology and Developmental Neurology: Epilepsy, Hypoxia, and Stroke Source Type: research

A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Review and How It May Shed Further Insight into the Neurobiology of Delusions
Conclusion In closing, our patient’s episode of TGA combined with her emotional and perceptual response lends credence to the proposal of a “fear/paranoia” circuit in the genesis of paranoid delusions—a circuit incorporating amygdala, frontal, and parietal cortices. Here, neutral or irrelevant stimuli, thoughts, and percepts come to engender fear and anxiety, while dysfunction in frontoparietal circuitry engenders inappropriate social predictions and maladaptive inferences about the intentions of others.[54] Hippocampus relays information about contextual information based on past experiences and the current situat...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - April 1, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Anxiety Disorders Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Case Report Cognition Current Issue Dementia Medical Issues Neurologic Systems and Symptoms Psychiatry Schizophrenia delusions hippocampus neurobiology Transient global amnesia Source Type: research

Can concussion be tested for with a 'simple' blood test?
Conclusion This study is a prospective cohort study that aimed to investigate the use of two proteins in the blood – GFAP and UCH-L1 – as markers for detecting mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. The study found both proteins could be present in the blood after a head injury, with higher levels of UCH-L1 in the early stages after injury, while GFAP seemed to be a good marker for up to a week after injury. But both biomarkers were not found in all cases. One in five people with a brain injury did not have detectable levels of GFAP, and 1 in 10 did not have UCH-L1. This substantially reduces their ability to be us...
Source: NHS News Feed - March 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Neurology Source Type: news

A systematic review of the risks factors associated with the onset and natural progression of epilepsy.
Abstract Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects more than 50 million individuals worldwide. It presents as unpredictable, temporary and recurrent seizures often having negative physical, psychological and social consequences. To inform disease prevention and management strategies, a comprehensive systematic review of the literature on risk factors for the onset and natural progression of epilepsy was conducted. Computerized bibliographic databases for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, observational studies and genetic association studies published between 1990 and 2013 describing etiological risk facto...
Source: Neurotoxicology - March 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Walsh S, Donnan J, Fortin Y, Sikora L, Morrissey A, Collins K, MacDonald D Tags: Neurotoxicology Source Type: research

A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, Head Injury, and Pneumonia
Abstract Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common condition after stroke, Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and can cause serious complications including malnutrition, aspiration pneumonia, and premature mortality. Despite its high prevalence among the elderly and associated serious complications, dysphagia is often overlooked and under-diagnosed in vulnerable patient populations. This systematic review aimed to improve understanding and awareness of the prevalence of dysphagia in susceptible patient populations. MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, PROSPERO, and disease-specific websites we...
Source: Dysphagia - March 12, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research