Though considered to be responsible for a small percentage of CP cases,
brain damage caused by a deprivation of oxygen during labor and delivery may also lead to an infant's CP.
Brain damage caused by the negligent handling of an infant following childbirth (such as dropping or failing to timely resuscitate the infant) may also be found to have caused a child's CP.
He has defended cases involving a natural gas fire at a compression station, catastrophic injuries caused by a broken leaf spring from a tractor - trailer, and
brain damage caused by a wayward trailer that detached from its towing vehicle.
$ 15 Million Jury Verdict for
Brain Damage Caused by the Negligent Administration of Clotting Agent
A person who has suffered an injury or accident can have
brain damage caused by some of the following:
This study even found that consuming mangiferin could reverse
brain damage caused by inflammation; rats experienced significantly reduced damage to cognition and less inflammatory chemicals roaming around the brain.
Hypoxia reverses
brain damage caused by mitochondrial dysfunction, HHMI team finds.
Moreover, recent data also show that in response to
brain damage caused by aging, amyloid deposition, demyelination, and other insults, microglial cells activate several genes, including APOE, in order to more efficiently scavenge and clear tissue debris that are very rich in cholesterol due to the natural composition of the brain, which is mostly made of fats.
In the fight against
brain damage caused by stroke, researchers have turned to an unlikely source of inspiration: hibernating ground squirrels.
«Compound shown to reduce
brain damage caused by anesthesia in early study.»
70 Stroke Injury Shows New Way to Kick the Habit
The brain damage caused by certain strokes may eliminate an addiction to nicotine...
The brain damage caused by certain strokes may have a surprise benefit: It can eliminate an addiction to nicotine.
Long - term
brain damage caused by stroke could be reduced by saving cells called pericytes that control blood flow in capillaries, reports a new study led by scientists from UCL (University College London).
There are a few doctors now theorizing that the rise in autism is due to
brain damage caused by early cord clamping.
Not exact matches
We know from cases of
brain damage and the effects of psychoactive drugs, that our experiences are
caused by physical chemistry acting on our physical neurons in our
brains.
Depression, love, niceness, politeness, aggression, basic drives, abstract thinking, judgment, patience, considered behavior, instincts, memories, language construction and comprehension, and every emotion, have turned out to have biochemical
causes, not spiritual ones, and can all be radically affected
by brain damage and
brain surgery.
While extremely bad jaundice can
cause brain damage, how many of you (who don't work in NICU, where you see the worst cases every day) have ever met a mom or baby who was
brain -
damaged by jaundice?
* Update: A 2012 study in the journal Neurology
by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (2) also found no link between intentional heading and acute
brain damage (e.g. concussion), but said that it was at least theoretically possible that it could represent a form of repetitive subthreshold mild
brain injury over time and could be the
cause of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
After all, if we're
causing our babies
brain damage by allowing them to cry, even for a short period, wouldn't almost every parent in the world alter their approach to prevent it?
For a time, researchers theorized that attention disorders were
caused by minor head injuries or
damage to the
brain.
Although scientists have long suspected that RHI
caused brain damage, especially in boxers, a 2010 study of high school football players
by researchers at Purdue University [1,13] was the first to identify a completely unexpected and previously unknown category of players who, though they displayed no clinically - observable signs of concussion, were found to have measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on computerized neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated
brain imaging tests (fMRI).
This practice is used
by doctors to detect complications like low oxygen and heart issues that can
cause brain damage, seizures and even death in babies.
The condition can have many effects on sufferers including children born with abnormal facial features and lifelong learning and behavioural problems,
caused by damage to the developing
brain and central nervous system.
Baby center, you should name a specific research on the fact of febrile seisures are not necessarily
caused by fever and that is not
damaging the
brain.
However, one third of cases are triggered
by damage to the
brain from
causes such as head injury, stroke, tumours or infection.
Aphasia is a communication disorder
caused by damage to parts of the
brain that control language, according to the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association.
These symptoms, whether mild or more severe, are generally
caused by damaged brain cells.
«Waterlogged
brain region helps scientists gauge
damage caused by Parkinson's disease: Research could aid drug development for the condition.»
Brains of people who died from various diseases
caused by tangled tau had more dead and
damaged cells if the people carried APOE4.
17 Epilepsy can be hereditary or
caused by brain damage, infectious disease, or tumors.
They believe the detrimental effects are
caused by tiny pollution particles that enter the
brain through the nose, lungs and gastrointestinal tract, and these particles
damage all barriers and travel everywhere in the body through the circulatory system.
She previously showed that when blood leaks into the
brain, fibrinogen
causes inflammation
by acting in
brain immune cells, which can lead to
brain damage.
Overall, the research found that the most common type of condition that contributed to
brain injuries was
damage caused by lack of oxygen to the
brain, called hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; this is seen mainly in full term babies.
In a study led
by Duke Health and published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, scientists demonstrate in rats that a short duration of the drug donepezil can reverse both structural and genetic
damage that bouts of alcohol use
causes in neurons, or nerve cells, in the young
brain.
What these illnesses have in common is that they're
caused by abnormal proteins that accumulate in or between
brain cells to form plaques, producing
damage that
causes mental decline and early death.
These include seizures or fits, bleeding within the
brain, stroke just before or at birth, infections like meningitis, and
damage caused by oxygen deprivation.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu warned today that proposed cuts to energy research as part of a spending plan
by House of Representatives Republicans for the rest of 2011 could
cause a scientific
brain drain that would
damage U.S. science for years to come.
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.
A significant proportion of people with
brain damage that has been
caused by a stroke or accident suffer from disrupted executive functions: for them, actions that consist of several steps and require planning are difficult.
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is usually
caused by Bordetella pertussis; it primarily strikes children,
causing frightening bouts of coughing, shortness of breath, and sometimes
brain damage or even death.
The mice that received the CAP treatment had smaller
brain lesions, suggesting that it did reduce the
damage caused by brain trauma.
When the doctors examined her, they diagnosed her with epilepsy as well,
caused by a small patch of
damaged brain tissue.
«Zika virus may
cause microcephaly
by hijacking human immune molecule: Fetal
brain model provides first clues on how Zika virus blunts
brain development; blocking mechanism reduces cell
damage.»
Alien hand seems to be
caused by damage to a small area at the front of the
brain, suggesting that this region has a role in motor control.
These problems are
caused by a type of white blood cells called T cells that, after becoming activated, find their way into the
brain and attack the protective covering — myelin — of neurons in the
brain and spinal cord,
causing inflammation and
damage to the central nervous system.
The
damage is often
caused by constriction of the arteries supplying blood, and hence oxygen and glucose, to the
brain.
It had previously been thought that giving the drug to people with signs of early
damage in the
brain caused by a stroke would increase the chances of them suffering a bleed on the
brain — which can be fatal.
The other half were treated with induced hypothermia to try to protect the
brain from further
damage caused by swelling.
Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic
brain injury (TBI)
caused by battlefield explosions can
damage soldiers» pituitary glands in ways that
cause lasting health problems.
Cerebral palsy is a pediatric neurodevelopmental disorder
caused by damage to the
brain, generally before birth.