Dr. Frances Kelsey
This Canada Day, celebrate the life of 99-year-old Dr. Frances Kelsey, originally from Vancouver Island. She said "NO" to pressure from pharma for the FDA to approve thalidomide in the early 1960s. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - July 1, 2014 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
"Memory in Everyday Life: Healthy or Defective?"
I am pleased to be providing certified continuing-education (CE) credit courses at HealthForumOnline. My first one, a 4-CE course, just went live several hours ago: "Memory in Everyday Life: Healthy or Defective? My next one, later this summer, addresses the assessment of language functioning. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - June 29, 2014 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
2014 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures Report from the Alzheimer's Association
The "2014 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures" report from the Alzheimer's Association has been released. It is available as a .pdf document at Facts and Figures and has an accompanying YouTube video. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - March 19, 2014 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Neuropsychology Abstract of the Day
We report a case of probable Alzheimer's disease who presented with the unusual feature of disinhibited rhyming. Core language skills were largely intact but generative language was characterized by semantic-based associations, evident in tangential and associative content, and phonology-based associations, evident in rhyming, in the context of prominent executive dysfunction. We suggest this pattern is underpinned by a failure to terminate or inhibit verbal associations resulting in a 'loosening' of associations at the level of conceptual preparation for spoken language. © 2014 The British Psychological Society. PMID: ...
Source: BrainBlog - March 4, 2014 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's: "Still Alice" - The Movie!
I commonly use Lisa Genova's wonderful novel, "Still Alice" as a text in the courses I teach about Alzheimer's disease and dementia. If you are a fan of the work as I am, you will be perhaps interested to know that filming for the movie has entered production. Shooting is taking place in New York City. The film stars Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth, under the direction of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Maria Shriver is the Executive Producer. Release date sometime in 2015. (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - March 4, 2014 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Coursera Opens 2014 With Two Exceptional Neuroscience Offerings
Discussion Forums for both courses are extremely useful. Both courses are offered in English. English subtitles are available. It will be curious if additional subtitles from other languages are made available as Coursera as a platform becomes more comfortable with an international student body. In the first version of the courses, Dr. Lester's course had roughly 64,000 students registered during the final week of the course, of which roughly 9,100 logged in during a typical week in the second half of the course and, of whom, 4,450 students passed the course and received a Statement of Accomplishment. A little over 30% of...
Source: BrainBlog - December 28, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Parkinson's Disease: Dr. Mahlon DeLong Awarded
An entry at the Dana Foundation Blog: Mahlon DeLong Wins Breakthrough Prize for Parkinson's Research16 December 2013 Read the blog entry (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - December 17, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
NIH "BRAIN Initiative" Funding Opportunities
From the NIH: NIH announces six funding opportunities for the BRAIN Initiative in fiscal 201417 December 2013 Opportunities focus on developing tools and technologies for advancing our understanding of brain circuitry Read the press release (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - December 17, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
The Selling of ADHD
The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorderby Alan SchwarzThe New York Times15 December 2013 Read the full article (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - December 14, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Alzheimer's Disease: Genomic Data
Press release from the NIH: NIH deposits first batch of genomic data for Alzheimer’s diseaseResearchers gain rapid access to first set of raw human genome sequence02 December 2013 [snip] "Researchers can now freely access the first batch of genome sequence data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. The ADSP is one of the first projects undertaken under an intensified national program of research to prevent or effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease. "The first data release includes data from 410 individuals in 89 families. Researchers deposited ...
Source: BrainBlog - December 2, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Congratulations, Dr. Nancy Helm-Estabrooks (Dr. Edith Kaplan Award)
WCU’s Helm-Estabrooks is honored by Massachusetts Neuropsychology SocietyThe Sylva Herald26 November 2013 Read article (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - December 1, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
TED Talk: Dr. Suzana Herculano-Houzel - 86 Billion Neurons and Cooking!
A fine TED Talk made available today, from June of this year: "What is so special about the human brain?" (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - November 26, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Epilepsy: FDA Approves Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) to Treat Seizures in Adults
From the FDA: FDA approves Aptiom to treat seizures in adults08 November 2013 "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) as an add-on medication to treat seizures associated with epilepsy." Read the news release (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - November 11, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
About Poet Susan Schultz and Her Work "Dementia Blog"
From the Jacket2: Poemtalk website: "Loss in Reverse (PoemTalk #40)"Read and listen (Source: BrainBlog)
Source: BrainBlog - November 4, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
FDA: Approval of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Diagnostic Drug, Vizamyl (flutemetamol F 18 injection)
From the FDA on the 25th of October, quoting the press release: FDA approves second brain imaging drug to help evaluate patients for Alzheimer’s disease, dementia The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Vizamyl (flutemetamol F 18 injection), a radioactive diagnostic drug for use with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain in adults being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia. Dementia is associated with diminishing brain functions such as memory, judgment, language and complex motor skills. The dementia caused by AD is associated with the accumulation in the brain of an abnorma...
Source: BrainBlog - October 31, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
