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Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness-Meaurement with MRI

Willful Modulation of Brain Activity in Disorders of Consciousness

ABSTRACT

Background The differential diagnosis of disorders of consciousness is challenging. The rate of misdiagnosis is approximately 40%, and new methods are required to complement bedside testing, particularly if the patient's capacity to show behavioral signs of awareness is diminished.

Affective Resiliency and the Cellular Mechanisms of Bipolar Disorder

Cellular mechanisms underlying affective resiliency: the role of glucocorticoid receptor- and mitochondrially-mediated plasticity.

Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a devastating psychiatric illness marked by recurrent episodes of mania and depression. While the underlying pathophysiology of BPD remains elusive, an abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and dysfunctional glucocorticoid receptor (GR) signaling are considered hallmarks. 

Deep brain stimulation successful for treatment of severely depressive patient

Deep brain stimulation successful for treatment of severely depressive patient

Neurosurgeons in Heidelberg perform the world's first operation on the 'habenula' to treat depression; cooperation with psychiatrists from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim

IMAGE: The habenula is a tiny double structure in the diencephalon. For stimulation two electrodes are implanted. The picture shows the pathway of an electrode in the brain. Click here for more information. 

A team of neurosurgeons at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim have for the first time successfully treated a patient suffering from severe depression by stimulating the habenula, a tiny nerve structure in the brain.

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MILHEALTH’S NIGHTLY SCRAPS

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Influence of traumatic brain injury on potassium and phosphorus homeostasis in critically ill multiple trauma patients

Influence of traumatic brain injury on potassium and phosphorus homeostasis in critically ill multiple trauma patients

Available online 16 December 2009.

Abstract

Objective

The intent of this study was to ascertain whether multiple trauma patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had lower serum concentrations of potassium and phosphorus and required more aggressive supplementation than multiple trauma patients without TBI.