Sentences with phrase «for brain fluid»

Giffords was making «lightning speed» progress for a brain injury and had the drain for brain fluid removed from her head, her doctors said last week.

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After taking samples and conducting brain scans, the researchers found that 41 percent of mothers of babies with microcephaly tested positive for Zika infection in blood or cerebrospinal fluid samples, compared with none of those whose babies did not have microcephaly.

For one, it's made it clear that using tools like PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid testing can help pinpoint which patients have amyloid present in the brain for the treatments to act For one, it's made it clear that using tools like PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid testing can help pinpoint which patients have amyloid present in the brain for the treatments to act for the treatments to act on.

In May, Kite disclosed that one person had died in a clinical trial for its late - stage CAR - T therapy from cerebral edema, a condition in which excessive fluid causes the brain to swell.

This gives your baby adequate fluids, increases their energy, and gives the brain nutrition for development.

These, we discovered, were soft markers for some chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down syndrome, and it may have indicated J having fluid on the brain.

We headed back to Adelaide at about 32 weeks for another scan to check the measurements again and to see whether I could birth our baby back home, or whether (because of the possibility of fluid on the brain) I had to be in the city.

For example, a large head is a sign of fluid build in the brain (hydrocephalus).

In the second century A.D., physician and philosopher Claudius Galen held that the brain was a gland that secreted fluids to the body via the nerves — a view that went unchallenged for centuries.

The roots of hydrocephalus remain murky, but for those linked to brain bleeds, the hypothesis was that blood clots — necessary to stop the bleeding — blocked the razor - thin pathways through which cerebrospinal fluid must travel to exit the brain.

Remember that the brain floats in fluid inside the skull and moves around when we, for instance, breathe or turn our heads.

Professor Aneta Stefanovska from Lancaster University, who has been studying the physics of biological oscillations for over 20 years, said: «Combining the technique to noninvasively record the fluctuation corresponding to cerebrospinal fluid and our sophisticated methods to analyse oscillations which are not clock - like but rather vary in time around their natural values, we have come to an interesting and non-invasive method that can be used to study aging and changes due to various neurodegenerative brain aging may begin earlier than expected.»

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

The guidelines provide parameters regarding when clinicians should consider the possibility of ventriculitis (inflammation of the ventricles in the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain or spinal cord) in patients who have cerebrospinal fluid shunts and drains (devices placed in the brain to relieve pressure due to fluid buildup), intrathecal drug pumps (for administration of pain medicine or other drugs into the spinal canal), deep brain stimulation hardware (medical devices that provide electrostimulation in the brain to treat Parkinson's disease or other neurological symptoms) or who have undergone neurosurgery or suffered from head trauma.

However, significant differences emerged when the researchers looked at sodium concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, providing a cushion for the brain while also helping to ensure chemical stability for proper brain function.

«Using a technique developed by our collaborators at the University of Iowa, we were able to get long - term expression of these human gene variants in the fluid that bathes the entire brain,» says Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD, of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH - MIND), senior author of the report in the Nov. 20 Science Translational Medicine.

On the computing side, IBM is using the brain as a template for breakthrough designs such as the idea of using fluids both to cool the machine and to distribute electrical power.

This correlation tells us that we can use levels of tau in the cerebrospinal fluid as a proxy for levels of tau in the brain.»

In a study reported in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience, the researchers looked for relationships between several omega - 3 fatty acids in the blood, the relative size of structures in the frontal and parietal cortices of the brain, and performance on tests of fluid intelligence in healthy elderly adults.

«However, in clinical neuroscience, the functions of choroid plexus beyond cerebrospinal fluid generation have been largely neglected; for example, the size of the choroid plexus is not quantified in routine brain scans,» explains Professor Riitta Hari, who was in charge of the research.

Located in the walls of the brain ventricles, the choroid plexus is best known for producing cerebrospinal fluid, which forms a protective mechanical cushion and immunological buffer for the brain.

Brain imaging studies and cerebrospinal fluid analysis for both patients were consistent with Alzheimer's disease.

Importantly, the PLK4 inhibitor was able to cross the blood - brain barrier, which means that the drug can target cancer cells in the brain even when taken orally, avoiding the need for injection into the spinal fluid.

By applying an electric field within the rat's brain, they found that they could get the transplanted stem cells to swim «upstream» against the fluid flow and natural cues and head for other locations within the brain.

Glial cells along the outside of arteries form these channels, creating a flume for cerebrospinal fluid that follows the brain's blood vessels.

To examine this question, we preregistered a series of analyses using Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes (MIMIC) models (Jöreskog & Goldberger, 1975; Kievit et al., 2012) to relate the mean and slope estimates for fluid intelligence to the various brain measures, and asked:

«We are proposing that the disease be defined in living people by evidence of brain pathology using biomarker studies, either brain imaging or body fluid examination, and that clinical symptoms should be regarded for what they are — a product or result of the disease, as opposed to the definition of the disease,» said lead author Dr. Clifford Jack, Jr. of the Mayo Clinic.

The study conducted in the laboratory of Don Cleveland, Ph.D., UCSD Professor of Medicine, Neurosciences and Cellular and Molecular Medicine and member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, shows that therapeutic molecules known as antisense oligonucleotides can be delivered to the brain and spinal cord through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at doses shown to slow the progression of ALS in rats.

A decrease in amyloid - β (Aβ) 42 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is suggested to be a biomarker for Aβ deposition in brain.

To prepare ORO virus hyperimmune ascitic fluid for classical cross-neutralization tests, mice received 4 weekly intraperitoneal (IP) injections of virus - infected newborn mouse brain suspension with Freud's adjuvant.

One way the brain eliminates the amyloid - beta typically produced by cell activity in the brain is by moving it to the spinal fluid for disposing of.

The cell membranes within the brain, spinal cord, & nervous system are especially dependent upon fluid based membranes for proper signaling and neurotransmitter dynamics (2).

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These charged particles make muscles contract, which includes your heart beat, are responsible for nerve function, such as the cognition in your brain that is based on these nerve impulses, and keep fluid balance in control

For my personalised approach to periodic fasting, keeping the containment of seizure activity in mind, salts are added to my water and fluid intake is closely monitored to prevent «breakthrough» seizures (by maintaining homeostasis of electrolytes in the brain as I expel urine throughout the fasting period).

When I have done extended fasts I felt de-toxing from the brain too A good quality rebounder designed to move lymphatic fluids is also good for helping the lymph system move buildup of toxins out of the brain — and the rest of the body too.

University of Washington researchers have found that people who munched a high - fat diet loaded with foods that make blood sugar soar — like sugary drinks, candy, desserts and white - flour breads and crackers — for four weeks had changes in the fluid that surrounds the brain that looked like very early Alzheimer's.7 In contrast, a lower - fat diet that included carbs that raise blood sugar more slowly (such as fiber - rich whole grains, beans, vegetables and fruit), was beneficial — and even improved memory.

While recent brain research has helped shift the approach with students to experiences that are more fluid, collaborative, and learner driven, such adjustments have not been made in any widespread way for teachers.

He gave each person a spinal tap and analyzed the fluid for a protein fragment that forms plaques in the brain and for another protein that accumulates in dead and dying nerve cells in the brain.

For a young cat with a minimal primary brain injury, and secondary injury limited to fluid buildup in the brain, the long - term outlook is favorable.

Another test for distemper involves looking for the virus in the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord (cerebral spinal fluid).

By skillfully threading a small tube from the brain through the body to the abdominal area, the surgery creates a safe one - way, pressure - sensitive pathway for the excess fluid.

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Severe cases may be complicated by fluids in the lungs (high - altitude pulmonary edema) or swelling of the brain (high - altitude cerebral edema) If symptoms are more than mild or persist for more than 24 hours (far less at high altitudes), descend immediately by at least 500 meters and see a doctor.

Moving from cover to cover is easy and fluid, but also different enough in feel that it takes a few matches for your old shooter brain to readjust.

Rise up against tyrannical clothing brands and monstrous creatures driven insane by Goop, a toxic fluid perfect for powering motors and wrecking brains.

The ear bones will package the sound to the ear cochlea (fluid) in the form of a special vibration where it is converted into electric pulses for the brain to interpret.

Performed First, Second and Third Trimester Studies for OB patients: measuring GS, YS and CRL, Biophysical Profile with Amniotic Fluid Index, Fetal Anatomy Survey, recognizing fetal gender, HR index, obtaining S / D ratio and measuring fetal brain

Administers veterinary staff approved supportive care such as dietary additives, supplemental environmental enrichment for hiding and chewing, heating pads, and subcutaneous fluids to distressed mice and rats in studies perusing new treatments for brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, heart disease, and emphysema and genetic studies charting the development of lung cancer and diabetes.