Neurodiversity Archives - Page 14 of 37

World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

World-first guidelines for children with common inherited nerve disorder: Paediatric neurologists and allied health clinicians have developed world-first clinical practice guidelines for children with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), the most common childhood inherited nerve disorder. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) research associate Dr Eppie Yiu and University of Sydney Professor Joshua Burns led an international effort to produce the guidelines, […]

Synchronising brain waves key to how and why we pay attention

Posted on February 26, 2022 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

Synchronising brain waves key to how and why we pay attention: New findings from researchers at the University of Melbourne and the German Primate Centre have revealed how interactions between electrical waves within the brain may be vital to information processing in the brain. Electrical waves – or oscillations of neural activity, traditionally recorded to […]

Road accident data could help predict crash victims most at risk of brain injury

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Road accident data could help predict crash victims most at risk of brain injury: Imperial researchers have identified how speed, direction, and level of head protection predict brain injury following road traffic collisions (RTC). Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and nearly one in three are caused by RTCs. […]

Human olfactory mucosa cell model opens a new perspective on Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Human olfactory mucosa cell model opens a new perspective on Alzheimer’s disease: Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed and characterized a new cell model for Alzheimer’s disease that has wide utility for research and could prove useful in early diagnosis and testing of new therapies. In collaboration with clinicians at Kuopio University […]

Cognitive impact of Selenium

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Selenium – a mineral found in many foods – could reverse the cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in ageing brains, according to University of Queensland research. Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) lead researcher Dr Tara Walker said studies on the impact of exercise on the ageing brain found levels of a protein key to transporting […]

Red wine and berries could improve life expectancy for those with Parkinson’s

Posted on February 3, 2022 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

Red wine and berries could improve life expectancy for those with Parkinson’s: Recent research has found, for the first time, that people with Parkinson’s disease who eat more flavonoids—compounds found in foods like berries, cocoa, tea and red wine—may have improved life expectancy compared to those who don’t. The research followed up over 1,200 people […]

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and Parkinson Disease

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs do not seem to protect people with rheumatoid arthritis against Parkinson’s disease. The autoimmune disorder rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in previous studies, with antirheumatic drugs as one possible explanation. However, most of the disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were not associated with the risk […]

Multiple Sclerosis: New MRI technique could improve diagnosis and treatment

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

It is important that multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to delay progression of the disease. The technique of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a key role in this process. In the search for ever better methods, a new MRI technique has been used at MedUni Vienna as […]

Identifying children at risk of developing epilepsy

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

Seizure study first step towards revealing which children are at risk of developing epilepsy: Findings from an international genetic study involving the University of Melbourne means it may now be possible to predict which children are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life based on their genotype (the risk genes they may carry). The […]

Understanding the Causes of Vertigo

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Hippocratic Post

This video contains an explanation of the causes of vertigo for students studying the condition for exams. We discuss the normal physiology and the pathophysiology of central and peripheral causes of vertigo. […]