Sentences with phrase «kind of brain damage»

But, they found no link between higher brain levels of that neurotoxin and the kind of brain damage that is typical of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Experts have been warning that the kind of brain damage wreaked by the Zika virus could result in vision and hearing loss.

Michael Lemonick, opinion editor at Scientific American, talks about his most recent book, The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love, about Lonni Sue Johnson, who suffered a specific kind of brain damage that robbed her of much of her memory and her ability to form new memories, and what she has revealed to neuroscientists about memory and the brain.

There is a kind of brain damage that results from genetics or birth trauma.

It gets 20, 21 and up and higher there is the potential that it could go into the brain and develop what we call the Kernicterus which can cause some kind of brain damage.

For a long time we thought that he had autism, but I always felt that perhaps there was some kind of brain damage.

What KIND of brain damage?

In this case, the baby may be affected by cerebral palsy, different kinds of brain damage, and even deafness.

Not exact matches

I suppose brain damage of certain kinds might advance someone toward the goal of less suffering.

Homebirth in the UK for women * who have never had a baby * but whose current pregnancy has no risk factors of any kind and who are being cared for by highly educated and highly trained midwives increases the risk of perinatal death and brain damage.

Also, although fish and shellfish can be an extremely healthy part of your pregnancy diet (they contain beneficial omega - 3 fatty acids and are high in protein and low in saturated fat), you should avoid eating certain kinds due to high levels of mercury, which can damage the brain of a developing fetus.

The bottom line: finding connections between immune molecules and other kinds of brain degeneration and damage could create a whole new category of treatment targets.

Currently, fcMRI is not used clinically, and the kinds of MRI and CT scans used to assess stroke damage don't measure how well different brain regions work together.

«This kind of study allows us to start understanding the cellular mechanisms» behind the brain damage, she says.

Stem cells hold tremendous promise for medicine; their ability to metamorphose into other kinds of cells make them useful for repairing injuries — from heart attacks to brain damage.

Different brain structures seem to support different kinds of learning and memory; brain damage can lead to the loss of one type without disturbing the others.

«This kind of test could be used to screen many thousands of patients to identify those at risk for Alzheimer's disease, and to start treatments before memory loss and brain damage,» Bateman told the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London last week.

Perhaps that would mean a drug for people who carry the ApoE4 gene, one that would mimic the effects of a parasite without incurring the damage of an infection — a kind of muzzle for the brain's immune system that would keep cells like the astrocytes from attacking healthy neurons.

According to Lena Palaniyappan and colleagues, regardless of the kind of tissue damage initially recorded, the brains of schizophrenic patients were shown to be constantly attempting to reorganize themselves.

Published in the March 2016 issue of American Journal of Pathology, this Georgetown study, the first of its kind, modeled repeated mild head trauma to investigate brain damage that occurs after such an injury.

This slow decline in brain glucose usage can be seen as a kind of «canary in the coal mine» — preclinical evidence that something has gone awry long before damage has progressed to the point of overt signs and symptoms.

For the first time at this symposium, real maple syrup was included among the healthful, functional foods that show promise in protecting brain cells against the kind of damage found in Alzheimer's disease.

One of his earliest studies revealed that alternate - day feeding made the rats» brains resistant to toxins that induce cellular damage akin to the kind cells endure as they age.

Jimmy «Supafly» Snuka, King Kong Bundy, and Paul Orndorff, better known by his stage name «Mr. Wonderful,» are just a few of the more than fifty former athletes who are demanding some kind of compensation for what they claim was brain damage resulting because the «WWE placed corporate gain over its wrestlers» health, safety, and financial security,» according to the wording of the lawsuit.

Jeffrey, as well as his best friend, fellow survivor, and devilishly dark humorist, Tad, have all kinds of brain and nerve damage from the intense chemotherapy and radiation, leaving Tad in a wheelchair and Jeffrey with serious concentration problems.

Cerebellar ataxia occurs when the cerebellum of the brain becomes damaged, often by a brain tumor or some kind of infection.

According to a report published by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last November, a variety of flea and tick pesticides contain chemicals called «organophosphate insecticides,» or OPs, which have been linked to brain damage, harm to the human endocrine system, and certain kinds of cancer.

For cats, seizures are generally the result of previous damage to their brain from some kind of injury.

Increased damage to brain tissue, in ways that appear similar to the kind of damage that causes memory loss and Alzheimer's.

Another kind of trauma, indirect trauma, is often associated with the «Shaken Baby Syndrome» because it involves a severe shaking or whiplash that can shake or rotate the brain, damaging the delicate nerve cells inside your head.

Brain injuries, spinal cord damage, paralysis, and amputations are examples of the kinds of injuries where these resources prove essential.

Since brain injury is a kind of personal injury, it is important to hire a lawyer to ensure you receive the right amount of compensation for your damages.