Graduate student Lu Xu wears a device designed by engineers, at Washington University in St. Louis, that targets ultrasound waves to precise spots in the brain. Such targeting is the first step in a ...

A routine shunt surgery improves clinical care for people with hydrocephalus. Nearly half have Alzheimer's pathology, offering a natural model of LOAD. Every week, neurosurgeons supply ...

Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...

Khyber Teaching Hospital has introduced the advanced Stereotactic Biopsy Procedure, the first of its kind in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, aimed ...

This test can aid in determining the type of prion disease. Different types of prion disease have different distribution patterns of the abnormal protein. Please note: cortical brain biopsies do not ...