After a stroke, there is inflammation in the damaged part of the brain. Until now, the inflammation has been seen as a negative consequence that needs to be abolished as soon as possible. But, as it turns out, there are also some positive sides to the inflammation, and it can actually help the brain to self-repair.
As chronic traumatic encephalopathy stands in the national spotlight for high impact sports, the University of California, Irvine has partnered with Toshiba America Medical Systems for a first-of-its-kind study of cerebral microbleeds in high school football players as a potential precursor to chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The study will utilise Toshiba’s Vantage Titan 3T MR system as the key diagnostic tool, taking advantage of its non-invasive capabilities.
Amnis Therapeutics has announced successful results in its pre-clinical trials, which tested the safety and efficacy of the Golden Retriever neuro thrombectomy device. The safety trial was conducted in Israel, while the efficacy trial was conducted in a US lab.
More than 40% of retired National Football League (NFL) players in a recent study had signs of traumatic brain injury based on sensitive MRI scans called diffusion tensor imaging, according to a study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 68th Annual Meeting (15–21 April, Vancouver, Canada).
The Zika virus may be associated with an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain’s myelin similar to multiple sclerosis, according to a small study that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 68th Annual Meeting (15–21 April, Vancouver, Canada).
Investigators have found that with strict adherence to top tier evidence criteria, half of ischaemic stroke patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) may not be considered for mechanical thrombectomy even though according to their data, there is no increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH) and higher mortality is largely linked to occlusions in the basilar artery and patients treated at an extended time window.
Twelve international societies have joined together to produce a consensus document to guide physicians seeking to treat acute ischaemic stroke patients with mechanical thrombectomy as to the required training and qualifications.
New research has suggested that looking at structures in the right side of the brain may help predict who will better recover from language problems after a stroke, according to a study published in Neurology.
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, USA has introduced the world’s most comprehensive mobile stroke unit, designed to conduct and produce advanced quality imaging for stroke diagnosis and noninvasive computed tomography (CT) angiography with a Siemens Somatom Scope CT scanner.
Applying an electric current to the brain can help recovery from stroke, Oxford University researchers have found. Their research is published in Science Translational Medicine.
Women may have a better memory for words than men, despite evidence of similar levels of shrinkage in areas of the brain that show the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published online in Neurology.
Silk Road Medical has been granted CE approval for its Enroute transcarotid neuroprotection system (NPS). The company has also reported the first patients have been treated with the system.
The Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) has developed Stroke Interventional Laboratory Consensus (SILC) criteria to standardise stroke interventional laboratories for safe, effective, and timely stroke care worldwide.
A new set of recommendations from the Society for Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) on endovascular stroke care has been published online in Interventional Neurology. The recommendations, developed by SVIN’s Endovascular Stroke Standards Committee, are designed to help standardise the delivery of the new standard of care for patients with sudden stroke symptoms, acute stroke, in a safe, effective, and timely stoke care.
Dissolvable wireless brain sensors to monitor intracranial pressure and temperature have been developed by a team of neurosurgeons and engineers.
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