Sentences with phrase «abnormal brain tissue»

In primary epilepsy there is no obviously abnormal brain tissue and it is due to a chemical imbalance or to some «faulty wiring» in the brain.

It will allow physicians to precisely identify small regions of abnormal brain tissue in early - stage epilepsy patients that can't be detected today using current technology.

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In an interview, the Glasgow - based neurologist described how he had examined sections of brain tissue in a retired rugby player and found abnormal proteins associated with head injuries and dementia.

In most cases, CTE is thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head, which damage brain tissue and lead to a buildup of an abnormal protein called tau, according to the CTE Center.

New studies are examining contributing factors ranging from vaccine reactions to atypical growth in the placenta, abnormal tissue in the gut, inflamed tissue in the brain, food allergies, and disturbed brain wave synchrony.

In many cases, they select regions of brain tissue that — in an MRI image, for example — appear to have an abnormal structure.

Crigler - Najjar Syndrome is a rare genetic liver disease (incidence around 1/1 000 000 births) associated with the abnormal accumulation of bilirubin — a yellow pigment produced by the liver — in all the body's tissues, particularly the brain tissues.

The resulting nerve interference disrupts the flow of information between your brain and the regions of your body supplied by the irritated spinal nerves, potentially resulting in loss of function or abnormal function of affected cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.

It is also important in protecting the brain and tissue cells from abnormal growths, toxicity and chronic inflammation.

In idiopathic epilepsy, the source of these abnormal brain impulses are small areas of abnormal or damaged brain tissue.

The inherited conditions of aortic stenosis (a narrowing above the aortic heart valve or the aortic valve itself), atopy / allergic dermatitis (skin allergies), gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat / stomach dilation), early onset cataracts (a clouding of the lens inside the eye), dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the chambers of the heart and thinning of the muscle wall), elbow dysplasia (abnormal growth of tissues that leads to malformation and degeneration of the joint), epilepsy (brain seizures), hypothyroidism (underactive production of thyroid hormones), intervertebral disk disease (problems with the disks between the vertebrae of the spine leading to neurological problems), and hepatic portosystemic shunt (an abnormal blood circulation where blood is diverted around the liver rather than into it) are more prevalent in purebred dogs than in mixed - breed.