Central pain with dissociated thermoalgesic sensory loss is common in spinal and brainstem syndromes but not in cortical lesions ... pure thermoalgesic sensory loss contralateral to cortical stroke.

A trio of risk factors not only increase your risk of stroke, but they also raise the odds that such a stroke will be ...

Isolated CN palsies are rare signs of MS. [143] Lesions within the brainstem may cause injury ... NMO-associated optic neuritis, LHON, Susac syndrome, various maculopathies Disc hemorrhages ...

People with conditions or habits such as high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or smoking, ...

The left and right vagus nerves run from the brainstem to the intestines ... treatment-resistant depression, stroke rehabilitation, and migraine. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by ...

A practical calculator predicts the risk of epilepsy after venous stroke. The aim is to improve care for those affected, which are predominantly young adults.

Patients with diabetes or hypertension frequently present with small vessel ischemic stroke syndromes. Dubbed lacunar because of the resemblance to a small lake (lacune) deep in the brain on CT ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — Glioblastoma is the most common kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. So far, no treatment has been able to make this aggressive tumor permanently disappear. The tumor cells ...

Risk for stroke may be decreased in patients with high baseline Life’s Essential 8 status and who maintain a high status over time. High baseline Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) status and maintaining a high ...

Acute ischaemic stroke induces persistent innate immune memory through epigenetic changes in myeloid progenitors in the bone marrow, and this innate immune training contributes to cardiac ...

Many people are familiar with the effects of major strokes and the lasting impacts they can have on physical and mental function. However, there is a lesser-known threat to brain health: silent ...

Dr Sergio Paradiso, University of Iowa College of Medicine Psychiatry Research, MEB, Iowa City, IA 52241, USA. Telephone 001 319 353 4446; fax 001 319 353 3003; email sergio-paradiso{at}uiowa.edu ...