Sentences with phrase «damage to the brain during»

â $ œWe have found neuroprotective compounds that can limit damage to the brain during ischemia associated with stroke and other brain injuries, but have minimal side effects, â $ says senior author Stephen Traynelis, PhD, professor of pharmacology at Emory University School of Medicine.

It is often the result of damage to the brain during or prior to birth.

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got drunk on night, lost control of his car, drove in to a church (could have killed someone), asked for forgiveness and now anything he does can't be considered a sin or bad b / c he has an imaginary friend to defend him... in reality Austin received brain damage during his drunken rampage and no longer is able to use rational thought

During those minutes the baby's injured brain continues to swell, and brain damage may actually increase over that present at birth.

Consumption of mercury during pregnancy has led to brain damage and even developmental delays.

She was badly brain damaged due to lack of oxygen during labour and only survived for 24 hours.

Nonetheless, you'll need to keep a close eye on your child during the forty - eight hours after a head injury because it can take that much time for damaged veins to leak and cause swelling in the brain.»

Rugby and soccer players who suffer multiple knocks to the head during their careers are at added risk of brain damage that could lead to dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases, brain scientists are warning.

I've always believed anyone can deliver a baby during a «normal» birth; but when seconds are all you have before brain damage or death occurs because of an «abnormal» delivery, why would you want to waste those seconds waiting on an ambulance?

The main artery at the back of his neck was damaged during the birth which caused a fatal brain haemorrhage, probably due to the nursing staff wanting me to deliver before the night shift came on duty and their intervention caused the injury to the neck area.

During childbirth, the flexibility of the sutures allows the bones to overlap so the baby's head can pass through the birth canal without pressing on and damaging their brain.

Neurosurgeons use electrode grids to identify which areas of the brain are diseased in order to avoid damaging or removing healthy, functional tissue during operations.

Last month, researchers led by Beth Stevens of Boston Children's Hospital reported that a process in which microglia prune excess synapses in the brain during early life can turn on inappropriately later on, possibly triggering Alzheimer's or other disorders marked by damage to connections between brain cells.

ALTHOUGH A BRAIN INJURY from a car accident or a collision during a football game often seems to cause a sudden change to cognitive ability years later, this change does not just appear out of the blue — the damage has been building up slowly, unnoticed, over time.

UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles — much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights — causes significant long - term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.

Electronic fetal monitoring is often used during labour to detect unborn babies at risk of brain damage (neonatal encephalopathy) from a lack of oxygen (hypoxia).

During his residency, he saw the damage done to the brain by the instruments of surgery.

This promises to make proton therapy an option for thousands more cancer patients by reducing the risks of healthy tissue being damaged during treatment, particularly in vulnerable parts of the body such as the brain, eye and spinal cord.

«Brain damage during stroke may point to source of addiction.»

Such stressors are thought to be particularly damaging during critical periods of brain development such as early puberty, he says.

By comparing the new results with the baseline scores recorded just before the draft, the doctors will get a clearer sense of how badly the football players have damaged their brains and what degree of caution to take during recovery.

If a mother is infected during pregnancy, she can transmit the parasite to her fetus, which can result in miscarriage, stillbirth, brain or eye damage, or hearing loss in her child.

To prevent collateral damage to precious nerve cells during immune skirmishes, the brain and spinal cord are tightly sealed off from the rest of the body by the blood - brain barrieTo prevent collateral damage to precious nerve cells during immune skirmishes, the brain and spinal cord are tightly sealed off from the rest of the body by the blood - brain barrieto precious nerve cells during immune skirmishes, the brain and spinal cord are tightly sealed off from the rest of the body by the blood - brain barrier.

Fast treatment is critical during a stroke to restore blood flow to the brain and prevent tissue damage, and limit disability.

«Infection with influenza virus might leave the brain vulnerable to damage from future infections with new influenza strains,» says Smeyne, adding that this is more likely to happen in young children or during an flu pandemic.

May 15, 2006 Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis The first long - term study shows that treatment with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine (two anti-parasitic drugs) during the first year of life leads to a lasting reduction in brain and eye damage for children with congenital toxoplasmosis.

Li's group applied this technique to the striatum, a brain area controlling mood and movement that becomes damaged during HD.

For example, during a stroke, brain cells are irreparably damaged; stem cells could kick - start the regenerative process and undergo specialization to replace the lost cells.

Though many scientists have focused on damage to a part of the brain called the striatum as a source of HD symptoms, this is a narrow picture of what changes in the brain during HD.

While many contend that the earliest cognitive deficits are caused by damage to the striatum — a structure deep in the brain known to be severely affected in HD — recent evidence suggests that this claim may paint an incomplete picture of the widespread changes occurring in the brains of HD patients during the very early stages of the disease.

One blames the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine, suggesting that the measles proteins in the shot can damage a child's stomach; a leaky gut could allow protein fragments produced during digestion to travel to the brain and wreak havoc.

July also saw the publication in Neurotoxicology of evidence that soy consumption during pregnancy can damage the female fetal brain, leading to early puberty.

Long term psychological issues and «damage» are major players in my case and having recently completed Daniel and Tana Amen's excellent «Brain Warrior's Way» 6 month course, I am seriously considering visiting one of his clinics in the US next spring during our visit there to have the SPECT scan and a full evaluation.

With both actors matching his enthusiasm for complex characters and the taut, challenging story about a brain - damaged ex-jock (Gordon - Levitt) being played by a seductive sociopath (Goode), the conversation turned from defying audience expectations, to what constitutes normal, to the wonders of location filming during winter in Winnipeg.

Severe toxoplasmosis can cause damage to the brain, eyes or other organs — infants born to mothers who are newly infected during or just before pregnancy are among those most likely to develop severe toxoplasmosis.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to predict if there will be permanent brain damage during initial evaluation.

Some cases of cerebral palsy are believed to be congenital (i.e., present at birth) due to abnormal development of the brain early in pregnancy, damage to the white matter of the brain in the latter stages of pregnancy, bleeding in the brain from fetal stroke, and / or loss of oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery.

Cerebral palsy occurs when an infant suffers brain damage to the cerebrum in its early development, usually while in the womb or during the birthing process.

During any accident, violent forces can cause internal damage to the brain.

If your child has been diagnosed with Erb's Palsy, brain damage, or other forms of birth injury due to irregularities during child birth, you owe it to yourself and to your child to know for sure.

During such an injury, the brain bumps back and forth inside skull, resulting in bleeding, bruising, and damage to nerve fibers.

During the case the Court heard how Heather Butler's child Sebastian was left with disabilities and profound damage to his brain after his umbilical cord was compressed, starving him of oxygen in the days prior to his delivery.

Legal aid is due to be withdrawn from clinical negligence in April 2013, but an exception has been made for babies who suffer brain damage at birth or are injured in the first eight weeks of life, and for women who are injured during pregnancy or labour.

According to the plaintiff, during the latter part of the pregnancy and on the day the baby was born, the defendants failed to respond properly to obvious signs of fetal distress which caused serious hypoxia; this resulted in the infant suffering permanent brain damage.

During the course of his career, Mr. Rodriguez has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice and blindness from neonatal malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate, rectal, colon, and lung cancer, the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

During the course of her career, she has successfully represented children who have suffered brain damage from obstetrical malpractice, and patients who have been injured due to other forms of hospital, physician and nursing errors, including the failure to timely diagnose breast, prostate colon, and bone cancer (Ewing's Sarcoma), the performance of unnecessary surgeries, and surgical mistakes.

Many times, baby brain damage can be directly attributed to medical mistakes made by doctors or other hospital personnel during the delivery process.

Recent work for the team included a claim against an NHS trust in which the claimant suffered permanent brain damage due to a lack of oxygen during delivery; and representing a man who was paralysed following a routine hip resurfacing.

Up to ninety percent of CP cases are thought to occur as a result of brain damage suffered before or during childbirth (known as congenital CP).

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.