Search Results for: neonatal brain injury
Understanding neonatal brain injury proteinopathy: Implications for adult-onset neurodegenerative disease
Neonatal encephalopathy is damage to the brain caused by the disruption of its blood supply before and during childbirth and other reasons such as prematurity and maternal-foetal infection. It can […]
From mice to men: Will we soon be able to restore hearing loss?
Globally, hearing impairment is a common disability – especially among elderly adults. Hearing loss caused by damaged sensory receptor cells (hair cells) inside the ear cannot be reversed – and […]
Using β3 integrin to control reactive astrocytes, and help neurons survive
The long-ignored astrocyte is of more interest than ever in neuroscience. When the central nervous system is damaged, astrocytes undergo astrogliosis, morphing into reactive astrocytes to protect neurons from further […]
Meningitis: The battle to defeat the disease
Meningitis and septicaemia are deadly diseases that strike without warning. Meningitis is the swelling of the meninges, which is the lining around the brain and spinal cord, caused mainly by […]
Impaired theory of mind associated with very preterm birth – an invisible handicap
Dr Margot Taylor, Director of Functional Neuroimaging at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor at the University of Toronto, is investigating how very preterm (VPT) birth impacts social cognitive […]