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Category Archives: Neurological Disease
Georgia Regents Medical Center becomes Georgia’s first Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations has designated Georgia Regents Medical Center as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, making it the only hospital in Georgia and one of less than 20 hospitals nationwide to achieve this designation. Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Cardiovascular Disease, College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, College of Nursing, Colleges, Faculty, GHSU in the News, Groups, Medical College of Georgia, Neurological Disease, Patient and Family Centered Care, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged first, Georgia Regents Medical Center, Neurological Disease, neuroscience, Primary Stroke Center, stroke
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Scientists learn more about how inhibitory brain cells get excited
Scientists have found an early step in how the brain’s inhibitory cells get excited. A natural balance of excitement and inhibition keeps the brain from firing electrical impulses randomly and excessively, resulting in problems such as schizophrenia and seizures. However … Continue reading
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Tagged AMPA, brain development, Cancer, Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, Dr. Lin Mei, ErbB4, erbin, GABA, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience, human development, inhibitory brain cells, interneurons, Nature Neuroscience, neuregulin-1, Neuron, neurotransmitter glutamate, NMDA receptor, protein erbin, pyramidal cells, Schizophrenia, stargazing, TARP gamma-2
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Study explores whether sleeping pills reduce insomniac’s suicidal thoughts
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Researchers want to know whether a sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with insomnia. “The more we look at it, the more it looks like insomnia by itself is a predictor of suicide so the next question becomes: … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-depressant fluoxetine, aszolpidem, Dr. W. Vaughn McCall, Duke University; University of Wisconsin, insomnia, Medical College of Georgia Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, National Institute of Mental Health, outpatient management, sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts, study at GRU, Wake Forest University, zolpidem
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Stroke center makes honor roll for fast, quality care
The Primary Stroke Center at Georgia Health Sciences Medical Center has been named to the Target: Stroke Honor Roll by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for excellence in emergency stroke care. Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Announcements, Awards, Cardiovascular Disease, College of Allied Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, College of Graduate Studies, College of Nursing, Colleges, Faculty, Groups, Medical College of Georgia, Neurological Disease, Staff
Tagged American Heart Association, Get With The Guidelines, GHS Medical Center, Primary Stroke Center, stroke, Target Honor Roll
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Eliminating useless information important to learning, making new memories
As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff – that makes it harder to learn, scientists report. Continue reading
Posted in Colleges, Faculty, Groups, Medical College of Georgia, Neurological Disease, Research
Tagged Dr. Joe Z. Tsien, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholars, GRU Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute, learning, long-term potentiation, memory, National Institutes of Health, NMDA receptors, NR2A, NR2B
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MCG faculty member, former hostage returns to Kuwait as Fulbright Scholar
The last six months Dr. James E. Carroll spent in Kuwait were in 1990 and as a hostage in the U.S. Embassy. Starting this January, he’s going back for six months as a Fulbright Scholar.
“I really want to go back to Kuwait and finish it up right,” said Carroll, Chief of the Section of Pediatric Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. He will come full circle, returning to Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine to teach, treat patients and study cerebral palsy in the small Arab state on the Persian Gulf.
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Tagged Chief of the Section of Pediatric Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University, Dr. James E. Carroll, epidemiological studies, Fulbright Scholar, Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine
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GHSU researcher assesses driving capability in MS patients
A simple, accurate testing protocol to determine driving fitness in individuals with multiple sclerosis is the aim of a three-year study at Georgia Health Sciences University.
Dr. Abiodun Akinwuntan, Interim Associate Dean for Research in the GHSU College of Allied Health Sciences, has received a $360,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for phase one of a double-site study. Recruitment is underway for 90 participants at the GHSU Multiple Sclerosis Clinic in Augusta and an equal number at the Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
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Posted in Alumni, College of Allied Health Sciences, Colleges, Faculty, Grants, Groups, Neurological Disease, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Dr. Abiodun Akinwuntan, Expanded Disability Status Scale, GHSU College of Allied Health Sciences, GHSU Driving Simulation Laboratory, GHSU Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Interim Associate Dean for Research, MS, multiple sclerosis, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Neurology and Ophthalmology, NMSS
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Inpatient brain injury education increases bike helmet use, study finds
A 30-minute brain injury education program taught in the hospital may increase children’s use of bicycle helmets, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report.
The researchers provided bicycle helmet safety and brain injury prevention information to 120 patients age 5 to 18 at Georgia Health Sciences Children’s Medical Center and found that helmet usage increased by 72.5 percent within the first month following the program – from only 11 children reporting wearing a bicycle helmet on every ride to 98 always wearing helmets.
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Tagged brain injury, CMC, Coordinator of Safe Kids East Central, Dr. Alice Little Caldwell, Dr. Vernon A. Barnes, Georgia Health Sciences Children's Medical Center, helmet usage, Journal of Child Neurology, Rene Hopkins, Safe Kids USA
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Unique protein bond enables learning and memory
Two proteins have a unique bond that enables brain receptors essential to learning and memory to not only get and stay where they’re needed, but to be hauled off when they aren’t, researchers say.
NMDA receptors increase the activity and communication of brain cells and are strategically placed, much like a welcome center, at the receiving end of the communication highway connecting two cells. They also are targets in brain-degenerating conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
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Posted in Alumni, Colleges, Faculty, Grants, Groups, Medical College of Georgia, Neurological Disease, Research, Staff, Students
Tagged Alzheimer's, Cell Reports, Dr. Bo-Shiun Chen, GluN2B, MAGUK, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NMDA receptors, Parkinson’s, SAP102
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Magnetic brain stimulation treats depression independent of sleep effect
While powerful magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depression, those receiving the treatment did not report effects on sleep or arousal commonly seen with antidepressant medications, researchers say. “People’s sleep gets better as their depression improves, but the treatment doesn’t itself cause sedation or insomnia.” said Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University.
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Tagged antidepressant medications, depression, Dr. Peter B. Rosenquist, insomnia, Major Depressive Disorder, Neuronetics Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy System, TMS, Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University
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