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Hydrocephalus is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

Scientists win $2.85 million grant to use novel technology for studying babies with hydrocephalus

A five-year, $2.85 million grant to use novel technology to study babies with hydrocephalus has been awarded to a team of UTHealth Houston researchers by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health.

25 Apr 2022

Using CR2Crry to reduce the negative effects of brain hemorrhaging in premature infants

A little over 1% of babies born in the U.S. in 2020 fell under the category of very low birthweight, meaning they weighed less than 1,500 grams at birth or 3 pounds, 4 ounces. And considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 3.5 million babies were born that year, almost 48,500 were considered to be at very low birthweight.

21 Apr 2022

Better understanding of hydrocephalus could lead to improved treatments

Hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain," occurs when the cerebral ventricles-; four interconnected cavities of the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid-; become enlarged, but its cause is unknown in many cases.

18 Apr 2022

Patients undergoing neurosurgical operations with concomitant COVID-19 infection have higher rates of perioperative complications

This unique paper compares neurosurgical patients with COVID-19 for perioperative complications to those without COVID-19.

31 Jan 2022

Scientists shine new light on the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions has shed new light into the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases.

10 Jan 2022

Children with disabilities face special back-to-school challenges

Christopher Manzo, a boy with curly brown hair and bright-blue-and-yellow glasses, has lived a third of his five years at home because of the pandemic.

19 Oct 2021

Researchers receive $14 million grant to study the effectiveness of hydrocephalus treatment

Patients diagnosed with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), a type of brain swelling most commonly seen in older adults — and for which the underlying cause is unknown — are typically treated by surgically installing a shunt (drain) to remove the excess fluid associated with the condition.

26 Aug 2021

Researchers develop normalized brain growth curve charts for children

In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor's visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, established in the 1970s, a child's numbers can confirm typical development or provide a diagnostic baseline to assess deviations from the curve.

9 Jul 2021

Researchers create cellular and spatial “atlas” of the choroid plexus during different life stages

Once viewed merely as a producer of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathing the brain and spinal cord, the choroid plexus is now known to be a key player in brain development and immunity.

7 Jun 2021

New imaging technique captures real-time brain motion in stunning detail

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images are usually meant to be static. But now, researchers from Mātai Medical Research Institute (Mātai), Stevens Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Auckland and other institutions, report on an imaging technique that captures the brain in motion in real time, in 3D and in stunning detail, providing a potential diagnostic tool for detecting difficult-to-spot conditions such as obstructive brain disorders and aneurysms - before they become life threatening.

6 May 2021

NYITCOM researcher secures NSF CAREER award to study brain-skull interactions

Akinobu "Aki" Watanabe, Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), has secured a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

10 Mar 2021

Study lays the groundwork for developing novel strategies to treat neurological diseases

A research team from the School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has recently discovered that SOX9 protein is an essential regulatory factor of choroid plexus function that ensures the correct composition of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

24 Feb 2021

Lessons from Italian neurosurgeons who fought on the frontline of COVID-19 pandemic's first wave

A report by neurosurgeons at the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo, Italy, highlights the strategies their unit had to take to help combat the viral illness, which has claimed the lives of more than 1.49 million people worldwide. The study was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery in December 2020.

3 Dec 2020

Researchers receive $8.3 million NIH grant to illuminate the causes of spina bifida

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, have been awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to further illuminate the causes of spina bifida, the most common structural defect of the central nervous system.

20 Nov 2020

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Scientists win $2.85 million grant to use novel technology for studying babies with hydrocephalus

Using CR2Crry to reduce the negative effects of brain hemorrhaging in premature infants

Better understanding of hydrocephalus could lead to improved treatments

Patients undergoing neurosurgical operations with concomitant COVID-19 infection have higher rates of perioperative complications

Scientists shine new light on the complexity of vitamin B12 diseases

Children with disabilities face special back-to-school challenges

Researchers receive $14 million grant to study the effectiveness of hydrocephalus treatment

Researchers develop normalized brain growth curve charts for children

Researchers create cellular and spatial “atlas” of the choroid plexus during different life stages

New imaging technique captures real-time brain motion in stunning detail

NYITCOM researcher secures NSF CAREER award to study brain-skull interactions

Study lays the groundwork for developing novel strategies to treat neurological diseases

Lessons from Italian neurosurgeons who fought on the frontline of COVID-19 pandemic's first wave

Researchers receive $8.3 million NIH grant to illuminate the causes of spina bifida

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